Chapter 462

But that was exactly the problem!

Feeling anxious, Mia was about to say something when Timothy suddenly wrapped his arm around her shoulder, his large hand firmly gripping her arm, pulling her almost into an embrace.

As Mia’s cheek rested against his chest, she could feel the slight stiffness and roughness of Timothy’s suit jacket.

In a whisper, he said, “Stay still, Martha is watching us.”

Confused, Mia discreetly glanced out of the corner of her eye and indeed spotted Martha standing nearby, covertly observing them.

Quickly averting her gaze, Mia asked, “What’s Martha doing?”

“It’s likely Grandma’s orders. Your behavior earlier raised her suspicions, so she sent Martha to keep an eye on us. Let’s continue ahead and avoid looking back to prevent arousing any suspicion.”

Mia obediently followed Timothy as they strolled together. “Can we please have fewer people following us? I’m not used to it,” she whispered.

Timothy signaled to Heath beside him, and soon all the people tailing them dispersed.

Mia and Timothy stepped into the elevator together, appearing like any other ordinary couple.

a sigh of relief and asked, “Martha won’t

right?”

continued to place his arm around Mia tightly.

close to Timothy and tried to subtly move away. However, Timothy’s arm tightened around her, pulling

collided with his chest, Mia’s

he held her, “Considering Martha’s capabilities, she will likely catch up

another elevator.

monitoring us. If we’re going to act, we

turned red as she spoke, “Do we have

your thing, what would you rather do?” Timothy asked, his intense

instinctively step back.

“ding“, the elevator

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swiftly, Mla shoved Timothy to the side and swiftly turned

had made every breath feel like a challenge.

eyes, she spotted Martha ascending the escalator on the opposite side. Timothy’s

felt a surge of warmth as he firmly grasped her hand.

gently by his touch, Mia couldn’t help but steal a glance

were impeccable, drawing

in hand, Mia complied as she trailed beside

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