Chapter 187

Eileen stared at Egbert in shock, never expecting him to say something like that.

Egbert glanced at her and seeing her stunned expression, he chuckled, raising an eyebrow, “Can I?”

Eileen quickly turned her head.

Looking out the window, she said, ‘Don’t try to trick me! I won’t fall for it!”

Egbert feigned confusion, “Tricked?”

Eileen almost lost control and blushed again!

She exclaimed, “I want to get out of the car!”

Realizing he might have pushed the joke too far and scared her off, Egbert hastened to soothe her, “Okay, I’ll stop now.”

Seeing him shut up, Eileen finally relaxed a bit.

Meanwhile, she quietly upgraded her assessment of Egbert in her mind.

What a sly guy, his words were full of temptation!

She needed to stay alert at all times, or she might easily fall into his trap!

After self-hypnotizing deep in her heart, Eileen gradually calmed down.

The rest of the journey was spent in silence.

But boy, that was a long ride.

The car slowly moved from the city center to the suburbs.

Eileen had eaten too much for afternoon tea and accidentally spent the rest of the ride sleeping.

When she woke up again, the car was already parked outside a highway toll booth, waiting in line.

Looking at the cars ahead, Eileen asked groggily, “We’re not there yet?”

Egbert covered her with a blanket and whispered, “Almost there.”

Eileen mumbled, “Where the heck are you taking me? If you think you can ditch me somewhere and I won’t find my way back, you’re wrong. I can always find my way home…”

Egbert laughed, tapping her nose, “Are you a puppy?”

With her eyes closed, Eileen declared, “I’m a big tiger.”

she fell asleep again.

Egbert kept driving.

again, it was already

open and the scent of peach blossoms, mixed with the fresh breeze, drifted in through

opened

blanket, and looked

streets, the familiar

a moment, Eileen

snapped

up straight, her face pressed against the

too familiar to her.

stammered at Egbert, “This is…”

just smiled, not answering her.

a while, the car stopped in

two-stor

villa.

at the familiar villa, completely

of the car, walked around to the passenger side, opened the

too scared to

that

reached out, took her hand, and gently led her out of the

the

band, gently stroking the back of it.

raised an eyebrow,

all her strength

hand turning shades of blue and purple, she then asked innocently,

his bruised hand, he repressed his anger and said,

mumbled in a daze,

Egbert sighed helplessly.

breath, he ignored the throbbing pain, grabbed her hand, and led

to unlock the door when Eileen suddenly said, “Wait, let me catch my breath. I need to prepare

patiently waited

hanging on

familiar handwriting, it read

covered her mouth in shock, saying to Egbert, “Is this really my home? My grandfather wrote this sign!

key and opened

my house sold?”

it felt

it

an old movie, surfaced in

turned on

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