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.

were up, his sense of security so fragile that he instinctively recoiled from

feigning calm, and murmured, "You

paused, her words faltering at her lips, unable

warm up to her or accept her, especially since their acquaintance was so

a lingering awkwardness about their arrangement, a sentiment she suspected

this realization, she accepted the

she nodded subtly, exited the study, and softly closed the door behind her, leaving him the solitude

Linsey had departed did Collin release a long,

nose, a rare headache beginning to form. He was perplexed by the intense way Linsey's smallest actions seemed

to remain detached and logical, but now he felt

think what would happen next. He despised this

in thought, he

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his company demanded his immediate attention, providing the ideal excuse to escape Linsey's unsettling

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

following days, Linsey

at her, prompting her to

smile, the butler responded, "Mr. Riley is buried under a mountain of

clear the colossal

chose instead to shift her focus to her

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