Chapter 204

"I didn't," he quickly said.

I smiled. "Why would you come knocking if you didn't?"

Brandon moved the chopped vegetables to a plate. "The old lady downstairs told me. She said my girlfriend was home."

I was speechless. I sipped my tea and simply admired him as he worked. Just then, Brandon turned to look at me. "What are you so suspicious of?" he asked.

I gave a faint smile. "I think... that you've been following me."

"What?" His forehead creased.

"I was joking. I know you don't have that much time on your hands." With that, I returned to the living room, sipping my tea.

After a few more sips, I scrolled on my phone. Soon after, I felt my eyelids drooping, and I gradually fell asleep.

I dreamed that the bald man had captured me because Arthur had commanded him to kill me. The bald man began thrusting a knife into me, and I shook my head violently.

"Mae!"

"Mae, wake up!"

shot open, and I saw Brandon staring at me anxiously as his

you have a nightmare?" he asked in a

shock from the dream. My breaths were shallow. At the thought of the bald man, I grabbed Brandon's hands and said, "The bald man who attacked you the other day is working for Arthur, I saw

deeper. "How did

my grip on his hands,

affairs, Mae. Don't get

myself in his affairs. I had merely bumped into the bald man in my

"Arthur is a really dangerous person. You mustn't do anything to him. Got

to nod solemnly. The words I wanted to say were stuck in

broken out during my nightmare. "Go take a sip of water. The food is ready." He

I knew that Arthur

the company. People gossiped about him, speculating how he had managed to build his empire within a

at my hand, his gaze

slightly. He bent over, adjusting my position on the couch. Then, he patted

soft and gentle, quelling all the fear that

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