Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 238

The garage shutter had completely lowered, and it was terrifyingly dark inside the car. Audrey couldn’t see Ryan’s aggressively penetrating gaze and could only hear both their breathing.

Ryan’s jaw was tightly clenched, and he closed his eyes to steady his breath. Pushing open the car door, he lifted Audrey out.

The motion sensor lights in the garage illuminated.

He set Audrey down steadily on the ground, then grabbed the suit jacket from the passenger seat, closed the car door, and entered the security code of the villa before heading inside.” I’ll have the driver take you back.”

Audrey hesitated for a moment, but still quickened her steps to follow him into the elevator and up to the house. She watched as Ryan dialed the driver’s number to have the car brought to the front gate.

Meanwhile, her hands clenched behind her back.

She felt a slight sense of disappointment, though she didn’t quite understand why.

Perhaps it was because, despite Ryan’s urgency at Night Palace, he was now sending her back as soon as they arrived at the villa.

Was it because she hadn’t explained herself properly, or did her refusal anger Ryan?

had Ryan grown tired of

dwell on her thoughts, her phone rang. Glancing at the suit jacket tossed on the couch and the tie tak off by

retrieved her phone.

was Nathan

Nathan’s number. When she looked up, she found a glass of water placed in front of her.

she

remained unchanged,

Ryan said, The car’s here. It’s

water and nodded. “Be careful not to touch water with your

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hand. Take care.”

of water on the side table, unbuttoned his shirt, and went upstairs.

poured himself a drink and downed

leaned her head against the window

what was going on with Ryan.

she had so little

with Nathan was straightforward. He had always been clear about his intentions, and Audrey never had to guess