Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 84 A Dreadful Encounter

This was the first time I experienced anything like this: sprinting bare-footed across the street. In hindsight, I could use this as reference material for my comic.

For a moment, I forgot I was running alongside Nicholas and his pair of long legs. With every step he took, I had to take a few more to match his pace. Very soon, I was panting madly. There were multiple instances when I almost fell and made a fool of myself.

Fortunately, Nicholas was familiar with the ways of the street. After a few turns, we arrived at the underground parking and hurriedly escaped on his silver Porsche. If not for his crooked chef hat and my messy hair, it would have looked like a cool escape scene from the movies.

Back in the car, both of us broke into laughter.

“Liliana, is this really the time to be laughing? You heartless creature!” Nicholas pursed his lips in an attempt to stifle his laugh.

“I could say the same to you! Even a superstar like you is not bothered by your ruined image, so why would a nobody like me care?” Still panting from the run earlier, I started tidying my disheveled hair.

“A nobody? I’m afraid that won’t be the case from tomorrow.”

looked at him

after all. Forget tomorrow – perhaps photos and ridiculous comments

How could I

the events earlier, hoping I had done nothing to anger his fans. It then dawned on me that not only did I hold his hands, but I even told

worried. We were talking about Nicholas, the superstar who had had a clean record so far. If this incident made the headlines, his fans would

What should I do?

a faint smile. “Let’s get off here and grab some food. I’m starving after the

heartless one here? We could appear on the headlines at any moment, yet he was still

taken off his chef’s outfit by that time and placed it

that I could get my deposit. Yet, he locked

I’ve got a private room here.” With that said,

we exited the elevator, Nicholas walked toward his private room with great familiarity. The service staff was excited by his presence. Just as I was