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.

ranging from frustration, irritation, panic, and maybe even the slightest hint of

led to him calling

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

made Lucas feel better. “Home? What

the living room to pick up his car keys before heading out.

to. Ashlyn was about to retort when she heard Lucas end

but she put her phone into her pocket

for her, the surrounding areas were entirely villa districts. Cabs

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

straight nose, Lucas was pressing his lips together tightly. He opened the car door and pulled Ashlyn inside

growled angrily. “Why didn’t you wait for me to

his frown suddenly eased when his gaze landed on her. His dark eyes swept over her from head

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 hint

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

men’s formal wear and yet Ashlyn managed to make them look like the perfect vacation

If someone gave her a hat to complete the look, she

else to describe it. Ashlyn was

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