Chapter 186

Ashlyn was already walking for five minutes now. She had made it out of the villa district but was not able to hail a cab yet.

She was feeling irritated when her phone rang insistently.

It was Lucas. She pressed the answer button.

“Where did you go, damn it?”

The cold voice that reached her ears conveyed its master’s unamused mood quite adequately.

“What do you want?” Ashlyn’s tone was even ruder than Lucas’s.

Holding his phone to his ear, Lucas’s expression darkened noticeably. He was carrying a bag of fresh seafood that he bought from the morning market.

He had decided to go to the market this morning to buy fresh seafood just for Ashlyn.

And yet, this was how she decided to repay him, by vanishing without so much a single explanation.

When he returned to the villa and found the house empty, he flew into a terrible mood.

frustration, irritation, panic, and maybe

to him

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

Ashlyn’s annoyed voice inexplicably made Lucas feel better. “Home? What home? Your home

to the living room to pick up his car keys before heading out. “I’m coming to fetch

she heard Lucas end the call. The beeping sound

phone into her pocket and continued walking forward, hoping that she could find

were entirely villa

Ashlyn could already see Lucas’s Bentley speeding towards her. He pulled up beside her with a

tightly. He opened the car door

angrily. “Why didn’t you wait for me

suddenly eased when his gaze landed on her. His dark eyes swept

wore looked very familiar, almost like it was one of his. The same could be said for the khaki slacks she sported. The oversized shirt

slacks, flattering her slim waist and tempting him to see if he could close his entire hand around it. She had casually folded up the over-long pant legs as well, exposing her delicately

men’s formal wear and yet Ashlyn managed to make them

hair in an intricate braid that hung in front of her chest loosely. If someone gave her a hat to complete the look, she was all set to be lounging by the beach instead of walking beside

way else to describe it. Ashlyn was beautiful. Even wearing his clothes,

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