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.”

fell

Egbert kept driving.

woke up again,

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

opened

up the blanket, and looked

the familiar

moment,

then, she snapped to

her face pressed against the window,

scenery outside was too familiar to

head and stammered at Egbert, “This

just smiled, not

car stopped in

two-stor

villa.

at the familiar

got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, opened the door, and said to the girl inside, “Let’s go.”

too scared to get out of

of returning home that made her nervous. She

took her hand, and gently led her out of

of the car, still in disbelief!

she lifted Egbert’s band, gently stroking

raised an eyebrow,

her strength and twisted

turning shades of blue and purple,

repressed his

in a daze, “So I’m not

Egbert sighed helplessly.

the throbbing pain, grabbed her hand, and led her straight to the front

said, “Wait, let

patiently waited for her.

a wooden sign hanging

handwriting, it read “Howard

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

answer. He inserted the key and opened the

my house sold?”

door opened, it felt like time had rewound.

it hard

like scenes from an old movie, surfaced in her mind.

turned on

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