Love on the Fast Track (Derek and Norah)

Chapter 112:

Sean glanced over and spotted Susanna in the passenger seat, her eyes brimming with tears and her lips pursed.

“I’m worried about her. No need for tears. I’ll get you home first. You should rest,” he said.

After dropping Susanna off, Sean and Norah headed toward Dreamview Villas.

“Norah, do you remember what happened?” Sean asked.

“Yeah,” Norah replied, unfolding the story. “I wasn’t wasted. I sprang into action when those bullies targeted Susanna.” A few drinks in, Norah sensed something between Frieda and Bart, who were pretending to be drunk. But after a few too many, Norah began to feel a little dizzy.

Today marked her escape from the Carter family, and the happiness pushed her to drink more than usual. Little did she know, her face turned red, and her eyes became dreamy, making her appear intoxicated.

Sean also thought, Norah, you’re inebriated. Can you manage if I drop you home?

“Why not?” Norah squinted, her tone charming. “If I can’t handle myself, will you be there to help?”

“I will,” Sean’s deep voice cut through the quiet of the car, and Norah’s heart softened.

Maybe it was the alcohol, but Norah felt compelled to ask the question she had posed earlier over the phone, “Sean, do you like me?”

“Yes,” he replied.

like me? How could the head of the wealthiest and most influential family in Glaphia be drawn to a divorced woman like me? Even if I

Norah couldn’t stop asking

“Norah, you’ve had a few

I’m clear-headed,” Norah replied, unbuckling her seatbelt and holding onto the driver’s

as

“Sean, why me?”

ear, setting his heart racing. Did he

behind the wheel,” he said, clutching the steering wheel tighter, fighting the urge to turn and gaze at the woman beside him. Her words had a mesmerizing effect, stirring

fell

mirror, he saw Norah slumped against the seat, her red-rimmed eyes closed in

so cute. That was the first thought that

urge to hold her close, to protect her. But he

impatiently, cracking open her eyes, their depths clouded with the remnants of inebriation.

pondered her use of “again,” he suddenly felt a pair

beheld Norah’s striking face, unadorned by makeup and

to maintain distance, Sean grasped her

mischievous grin. “Let’s indulge a

were cut short as Norah’s lips met his, igniting

as she tightened her embrace. Unable to resist, Sean succumbed to her fervent kiss, the

lips further in, using her gentle tongue to open his

like daytime in the villa: a beautiful woman with enticing eyes and the distant man with restrained dignity clung