Chapter 201

Ryan started to button up his shirt after the call ended.

His facial features held a pair of deep eyes, high nose bridge, and defining jaw while a cigarette hung from the corner of his mouth. All of these, combined with the actions of his slender fingers that were buttoning his shirt, were a combination strong enough to make one’s heart flutter.

Audrey’s heart began to pound rapidly yet again.

Clearing her throat, she turned and headed to the open kitchen to brew a cup of coffee for herself.

When he disposed of the cigarette and walked over from the balcony, she offered, “I’m making coffee. Want some?”

“Coffee at this late hour?” He placed his phone on the dining table before making his way

to the counter.

“The results obtained from several experiments were incorrect, but we couldn’t figure out what the cause was yet. I’m going to burn the midnight oil to watch the experiment recordings tonight,” she explained.

With her hands on the coffee machine, she recalled Ryan talking over the phone. “Did something happen within the company?”

“No. I left my pajamas in my bedroom. I thought you were resting, so I called Julian to bring me a set of pajamas.”

on him reminded her of something. “It’s late,

to trouble him to get ‘em.

was about to walk past

looked back at him with a questioning look.

and reached out to

call from a colleague as soon as I finished bathing, so I got busy watching the recordings…” TShe smiled as she touched her half–dried

first. Then–Ryan!” She

the counter.

Chapter 201

that. Let’s dry your hair first. Stay here.”

familiarly, as if he had been staying here for a long time. Then, he

made it just the right height for him to dry her hair. His fingers ruffled through her hair gently until her hair was

lingering scent of the aromatic coffee mixed with Audrey’s

the kitchen.

hand. “I’ll

“Thanks.”

lamb running away from a wolf, she ran out of the

pajamas from the wardrobe in the bedroom, Ryan was already standing

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