Chapter 179

Blake’s POV

With two crisp sounds, Audrey directly removed those elegant pink heels from her feet.

Ignoring my astonished expression, she walked to the taxi and lightly tapped on the driver’s window. “Could I have that strap from the back of your car?”

The driver, still holding my money, nodded. “Of course.”

“Thanks,” she said simply.

She opened the back door and pulled out a spare strap, then efficiently tied her heels together. When she turned, her eyes met mine with unmistakable challenge.

“Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Parker,” she said coolly. “I’d hate to ruin these shoes.”

She brushed past me and stepped onto the asphalt, her bare feet making light contact with the warm road as she headed toward Twilight Mansion.

Suddenly, a strange feeling washed over me.

How had I never noticed this stubborn side of her before?

She looked almost… cute in her obstinacy.

window. “It’s after five now. Are you really letting that lady walk barefoot all the way to

kept watching

there, it’ll probably be tomorrow morning,” he continued. “And those feet? They’ll be

blisters…”

you

Even if I didn’t

at her feet, maybe

your advice?” I said

still here?” I added when he didn’t

replied. “If I leave and

glanced at the sky. “It’s almost evening. This area is remote with few people around. Once it gets dark, there

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I

one last cold look before getting

Audrey’s POV

on the sun–warmed road felt refreshing. The late afternoon breeze brushed against my face as I made steady progress.

walk nearly twelve miles

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