Chapter 106: Chapter 106: The Air Escaped

Her tone was calm and composed, yet Edward Stephens detected a certain underlying meaning.

He furrowed his brows slightly and retorted, "When else have I not arrived on time? You can’t keep adding inexplicable charges against me."

Daisy Ginger pressed her lips together, looked at him for a moment, and finally, without a word, withdrew her gaze as if there was nothing more to say, grabbed her bag, and left.

Edward Stephens had no choice but to reach out and grasp her wrist. In a low, hoarse voice, he said helplessly, "Daisy, can you be reasonable?"

"..."

"I left very early that day." Edward explained to her, "But halfway through, I received a call from Emily Ginger."

"..."

to hang up," Edward said, furrowing his brow slightly, "but then I heard a strange noise. It sounded as if...someone was drowning," he said this

stood there, her lashes falling, hiding the

a bad signal on your end, and I couldn’t get through." Edward looked down at the wrist he held, so slender, like a young plant’s tender stem, easily breakable with a slight twist. Without reason, he slightly loosened his grip, merely holding her as he pulled her closer. His voice was low, slightly hoarse, with a hint of coaxing, "The text message...you didn’t reply. I came over right after confirming

slender

a bit, but eventually fell onto his lap, the man sighing lightly as he coaxed in a low voice, "I prepared a birthday gift for

his lap

lifted her head and gave him a sarcastic

expression, Edward knew that Daisy wasn’t buying

then lifted her pretty face to give him a harsh, mocking smile: "A hero, Mr. Stephens, should I award you a banner for the top ten model citizens and have it framed for you? You made

it turned pale, swallowing the rest of the sentence—You simply don’t know

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