Chapter 10

Chapter 10 I'm Not Really Used To Physical Contact

The instant their skins made contact, Collin felt an electric shock surge through his chest, darkening his expression

immediately. With no hint of hesitation, he jerked his hand away from Linsey's

grasp.

Her unpreparedness for his sudden motion caused Linsey to emit a soft, startled gasp. She looked at him with wide eyes,

her silence filled with disbelief.

The confusion in her eyes sparked an inexplicable ache in his heart.

Tightening his fist, Collin sensed the ghostly softness of her palm still imprinted on the back of his hand.

Linsey stared, her mouth opening slightly as if to speak, then pausing, clearly flustered and unsure of how to react.

It was clear from his demeanor that he had likely found her touch offensive.

Pressing his lips tightly together, Collin averted his eyes, his voice stiff as he offered an explanation. "I'm not really used to physical contact. Sorry."

Linsey's expression softened as she grasped the situation.

security so fragile that he instinctively

feigning calm,

words faltering at her lips, unable to

Collin wouldn't easily warm up to her or accept her, especially since

awkwardness about their arrangement, a sentiment she suspected was

realization, she accepted the situation more

softly closed the door behind her, leaving him the solitude he evidently

Linsey had departed did Collin release a long,

a rare headache beginning to form. He was perplexed by the intense way Linsey's

remain detached and logical, but now he

dreaded to think what would happen next. He despised

in thought, he

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his company demanded his

decision firmly in place, he slipped out of Vista Villa, a line of staff trailing

the following days, Linsey noticed Collin's

her to inquire about his whereabouts from the

is buried under a mountain of work,

was likely drowning in efforts to clear the colossal debt

instead to shift

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