Chapter 172

“You don’t have faith in me. Do you? Just wait. You’ll see.”

Since Bonnie was not going to tell tvor everything, he decided not to pry for more information.

“Can you clean yourself up? Your getup upsets me.” He knew it was all fake, but he couldn’t help but feel heartbroken at the sight of it.

“Sure. I’ll hop in the shower now.”

Ivor waited until she got into the bathroom before looking at Jim, who was about to leave. The former addressed Jim and asked, “Hey, why do you seem to care about her very much?”

Jim calmly responded, “It’s my job to keep her safe. I believe caring about her is part of my job.”

“You say that, but it looks like she means so much more to you. Did you two know each other before you started working here?” Ivor stared at him. The wisdom in his eyes was unmistakable.

“Nope.”

“Really?”

have never known Ms. Bonnie in my life until I got this job! May

Tim Reid, anyway. That alias didn’t know Bonnie before

lying.‘

at Jim, Ivor said after a

Jim turned and left. He sighed in relief when he turned to leave, wondering if he had managed to trick Ivor. However, Jim couldn’t shake the feeling that Ivor didn’t wholly buy his story. Still, Ivor would not have let Jim

bathroom. So, she didn’t know about what happened between Ivor and Jim. Thirty minutes had come and gone by

felt exhausted and went to bed to sleep. She then pulled the blanket up and slipped in. Suddenly,

safe.” He

lips twitched helplessly. “That won’t be necessary. Thanks for being thoughtful, but it’s late now. You

and continued to sleep in her blanket. Honestly, Bonnie felt moved by his actions. Even so, she was not about to sleep

If you’re not leaving, I’m going to walk away.”

Chapter 172

Pulling the blanket off,

is he

body and pulled the blanket up to cover it. In response, Ivor smiled and asked, Are you reluctant to let me

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