Chapter 885

“Do you need something?” Angela self–consciously crossed her arms after realizing she was not wearing a bra. 

Richard gave her a withering look as he ordered, “You are not allowed to use the public bathroom for your night showers.” 

She narrowed her eyes and asked, “Why not?” 

He met her incredulous gaze steadily and said, “Because it causes inconvenience.” – 

Frustration welled up in her. She had already gone out of her way to not make trouble for him, and she could not understand why he was nitpicking on her still. 

He did not turn away and leave. Instead, he paused for a few seconds before saying, “I‘m sorry I was harsh with you today.” 

Angela blinked, clearly caught off guard by his out–of–the–blue apology. When she recomposed herself, she looked away from him and muttered, “Apology not accepted.” 

“You wanted to hike, right? Be up at 6.00AM sharp tomorrow and I‘ll take you there,” Richard said. 

side came out as she retorted, “As if I‘d back down from

meet at the entrance. Don‘t

she bit

the time and saw that it was drawing near to 11.00PM. I have to sleep now, or I won‘t be able to wake up in time and I‘d never hear the end of

burrowed into bed, but her mind kept replaying his apology and the events from earlier. In hindsight, it appeared that she was the one in the wrong. After all, she was the one

why she was mad was that she found out Richard was only here to protect her at

about this than she should be. What am I

her own feelings, but she ended up boring

day, Angela‘s alarm rang at precisely 5.50AM. She bolted upright in bed and threw the covers off, then hurried into the adjoining bathroom to wash up. To call it a bathroom was an exaggeration though, as it was

the time she was done putting on her clothes. She hurtled out of her room toward the entrance of

he made it a point to glance at the watch on his wrist. “You‘re late by a

I‘m late. Are you going to punish me? Go on, tell me what you want me to do to make up for my tardiness.”

his eyes lingered briefly on her shell–pink lips. He swallowed, and there was a steely edge to his expression as he barked, “Let‘s

but when he did not, she couldn‘t help feeling

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