Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 221

Chapter 221

He offered a slightly sheepish grin. “Call it a borderline compulsion. That floor was… genuinely distressing to my sensibilities.

“Then I entrust it to your capable hands,” I conceded, rising and stepping out to grant him space.

Ryan worked with surprising efficiency, swiftly restoring the floor’s shine and even giving my desk a thorough polish.

“What are your plans for getting home?” I inquired as he finished.

“Undecided. Likely brave the rush–hour bus gauntlet,” he replied with a wry twist of his lips.

“Ride back with me, then,” I offered.

Ryan’s face brightened perceptibly. “Thanks, Ms. Murphy. That’s incredibly kind.”

At seven, I navigated the evening traffic towards home, Ryan a quiet presence in the passenger seat.

A glance in the rearview mirror unexpectedly snagged on his reflection. His gaze held mine, and in that dim light, I saw a sudden, unfamiliar depth–a complexity absent in his usual sunlit clarity.

Seeking to diffuse the sudden charge, I ventured lightly, “Someone with your looks must surely have a girlfriend?”

Ryan answered simply. “Family rules are

surprised laugh escaped me. “The model of obedient

low undercurrent in his voice. “If anything,

dry chuckle. “That face must buy considerable leeway, I imagine. A touch

really,” Ryan said, a shadow momentarily darkening his features. “Aside from my grandfather, there’s not much genuine

parents?” The question escaped before I could cage it, and I instantly

father died when I was seven,” Ryan said, his voice dropping to a near whisper. “My mother… work consumes her. No time for me. It’s always been just Grandfather and me.

so sorry,” I murmured, the words feeling inadequate as I mentally kicked myself for probing

of resolute calm. “I’ll be graduating soon. I

I said gently. “Make sure

I will,”

The depth I saw–that unsettling amalgam of solitude and a shadowed weight- felt jarringly incongruous with his youth. A shiver traced my spine. The invisible burdens children carry

too would inevitably fade from my daily life. A knot of g

Iresignation

garage. As I popped the trunk to

and unnervingly quick skittered over my foot, accompanied by high–pitched, frantic squeaks. In that instant, primal fear

Chapter 221

Instinctively, his anime shot

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