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.

a rapid series of emotions, ranging from frustration, irritation,

led to him

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

better. “Home? What home? Your home

the bag of fresh seafood into the kitchen, striding to the living room to

you to. Ashlyn was about to retort when she heard Lucas end the call. The beeping sound of the

was furious, but she put her phone into her pocket and continued walking

her, the surrounding areas were entirely villa districts. Cabs were rarely seen here, if

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

straight nose, Lucas was pressing his lips together tightly. He opened the car door and pulled Ashlyn inside without another word.

didn’t you wait for me to come

eased when his gaze landed on her. His dark eyes swept over her from head to toe.

black shirt she 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 hung loosely on her slender frame, tied in a messy knot above her waist that exposed a

if he could close his entire hand around it. She had casually folded up the

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

done her hair in an intricate braid that hung in front of her chest loosely. If someone gave her a

Ashlyn was beautiful. Even wearing

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