Chapter 0016

Candice narrowed her eyes. “I will.”

Sonia then dragged Alex back into the game.

Alex followed her without sparing an extra glance at Candice.

When Candice left the club, she turned around to Jackson and said, “Thank you.”

Jackson answered softly, “You’re welcome. I’ll drive you back.”

“It’s…”

Before she could finish, Jackson stopped her by pointing at the sky. “Forecast says there’s a storm tonight. It’s not safe for a girl like you to go home alone.”

A rare persistence.

Candice stopped arguing with him and got into his car.

Jackson was a man who knew how to keep his distance. After he dropped Candice, he left without asking any other questions.

Candice still had his jacket with her. He lent it to her earlier when her dress got dirty because of her car.

She wanted to clean it before returning it to him.

It was drizzling for the whole night and it escalated into a storm around midnight.

Candice was not a fan of thunder, so she shut the windows tight.

morning, beeps were heard from her

it

room, Alex was already sitting on the couch with his jacket hanging on the coat rack

still feeling chilly as he had just

paused for a moment before she

not answer. He put the empty glass down and got up. He then unbuttoned

said, “Get me some clothes, I’m taking

her house, which he

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clean clothes out, Alex was already in the bathroom. The shower somehow sounded louder than the storm outside.

got herself a jacket and waited for him

and Alex’s lazy voice

her phone down and brought the

she could knock on the door, it opened from the

stood before her, naked.

instinctively looked

man scoffed and said, “Which part haven’t you seen

calm and said, “It’s better to keep things clear.”

Alex wore his pants but he tossed the shirt away.

dragged Candice into the shower and pressed her against the wall. There was a subtle sneer in his tone when he said,

at

the man’s bloodshot eyes, which made his

Alex was drunk.

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