I'm Sorry My Love Novel

Chapter 414

Meanwhile, after Louis chased Daphne down the stairs, he saw her strolling leisurely along the street.

Seeing that, he quickly caught up with her and asked in a low voice, "Where's your car?"

Hearing his voice, Daphne was startled and uttered after calming herself down, "I… My driver got caught up with some personal matters, so he went home early."

"What about your assistant?"

"I have no more work today, so I let her go off early."

After a moment of silence, Louis responded, "I see."

As they walked, Daphne asked, "Are you returning to school? This doesn't seem to be the right way."

Louis hummed in response and offered, "Let me walk you back."

Daphne probably didn't expect him to say that, so she was taken aback for a moment before smiling. "I'm a grown-up. I don't need you to see me off. So, go ahead now, or the school will be closed soon."

"It's still early," he insisted. Daphne could tell he wasn't going to leave her.

After pondering for a while, she uttered seriously, "I'm going to meet a friend. She lives near here and it'll only be a short walk. You don't have to—"

"I'll take you to her place then."

Hearing that, Daphne was speechless. She licked her lips, at a loss for words.

The two walked silently, and since they were in a business district, she couldn't find a chance to make him leave at all. When they finally entered a neighborhood, she spoke, "My friend's house is here. Thanks for sending me. Bye."

Louis stopped and stood on the spot while nodding. "Go on in."

Daphne chuckled dryly, bit the bullet, and entered the housing area.

The guard at the entrance of the neighborhood questioned her, "Where's your access card?" Since she had been acting all the way, she couldn't just give up. "I'm here to meet my friend."

"Call her and tell her to come and fetch you. We don't allow any visitors without an access card," uttered the guard. Under his scrutinizing gaze, Daphne had no choice but to take out her phone from her bag slowly, but she hesitated for a long time to make the call, reluctant to turn around because she could sense that Louis was still standing outside.

Seeing her standing still, the security gradually grew suspicious. "What are you actually here for?"

"I…" Just as Daphne was caught in an embarrassing situation, a cold male voice sounded beside her, "Sorry, we got the wrong address." After speaking, he pulled her away.

Only after they walked a distance did she notice that he was still holding her hand, so she quickly withdrew it, wanting to explain what happened earlier, but she parted her lips yet didn't know where to start.

However, instead of talking about the matter earlier, he fished out his phone and asked her, "Where do you stay?" Without a choice, Daphne told him her address. Louis hummed and quickly tapped the screen with his long fingers before putting away his phone.

The two stood by the side of the street, feeling the cold, evening breeze.

Daphne turned sideways to look at the boy, who was a head taller than her.

Under the dim light of the streetlamp, half of his features were shrouded in the dark, while the other half was brightly lit, and the outline of his jaw was clear.

Undeniably, their family genes were strong. Leanna was pretty and her brother was not inferior to her in terms of looks. Once he joined the entertainment circle, he could easily become a chick magnet. What a handsome boy.

Just as she was caught staring at him in a daze, a white car stopped in front of them. Louis then uttered softly, "Your ride is here." Daphne quickly withdrew her thoughts, coughed awkwardly, and touched the back of her neck unnaturally to cover up her embarrassment.

Louis took a step forward and opened the car door. Seeing that, she hurriedly entered the car. Subsequently, he bent over and entered the car as well. After he got in the car, Daphne couldn't help moving away from him to keep a distance between them.

That's weird. This wasn't the first time a guy offered to send her home, but somehow, she felt especially awkward this time.

Sensing her movement, Louis shut the car door without saying a word.

The ride was quiet along the way, save for the music from the radio that the driver had been playing on a loop. It was a song from the eighties or nineties and was played at a loud volume.

When she realized that Louis was looking at her, Daphne secretly took out her earphones and shoved one into her ear. In a hushed tone, she asked, "Want this?"

He nodded, so she passed the other earphone to him. When he took it, he leaned a little closer to her.

Daphne's eyes widened involuntarily. These are wireless earphones, Louis! Our distance won't affect the sound!

However, since he had already leaned closer to her, there was nothing she could say, so she proceeded to turn on her playlist and picked a ballad song.

After a while, Daphne realized that giving Louis one of the earphones was the wrong move.

It was fine that she couldn't block out the extremely rhythmic music played by the driver, but she was now caught in the middle of a ballad in her right ear, and a nineties disco music in her left ear. She felt like she was going to have a meltdown soon.

Due to that, she glanced at Louis quietly and noticed that he was quietly looking out the window, seemingly unaffected at all.

Fine. So be it.

After about half an hour, the car finally stopped.

Daphne hurriedly got out of the car to give her ear some peace. After closing the car door, she felt like she was alive again.

When Louis got out of the car, she turned off the music and pointed behind him. "My house is here. You should go back now."

Louis then said, "I'll leave after you go in."

Daphne was speechless. What was wrong with this kid? Was he doubting her?