With that said, Hendrix took me into his arms, saying, "I've thought about it and store-bought pastries are always too high in sugar. I'll bake one for our daughter instead."

To come all this way and go home empty-handed, it didn't look like the cake was Hendrix's end goal.

He put a hand on my shoulder with force and gestured with his eyes that it was time to leave.

As if failing to take Hendrix's hint, Jordan continued to act friendly with us. "Hendrix, you sure dote on your child a lot. I won't hold you up then. Since Aurelia likes sweet things, I'll bring her some myself soon." Hendrix didn't respond. Instead, he walked me out of the cake house with a polite curve on his lips.

As I sat in the passenger seat, I couldn't help but look back at the store. "Did you bring me here on purpose because you knew they would show up here?"

"You guessed half of it." With one hand on the steering wheel and a serene gaze ahead, Hendrix started the engine. "I knew they'd be here today, but I didn't know when. It means we're quite lucky to have met them." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"We should find out who that woman is now that we've crossed paths. We were in such a rush to leave..." As I withdrew my gaze and fiddled with my fingers, worry and unease rose inside me.

ease a lot of tension,

anymore. She is who you think she is," Hendrix

looking at

me?" Hendrix

"It's just that you and I both know that Naomi was at the center of the blast site. It would've been

close to Naomi, so I was happy to know that she was still alive. However, I wasn't

corrupt

became his puppet for my sake. Since the moment he got involved with Jordan, he was on a path of no return. I didn't mind that Naomi blamed us for her death.

more concerned that Jordan had ruined

fled. Naomi was left behind, and with that came the possibility of survival. I suspect the reason for her current state

"So, Naomi was disfigured?"

said gave me a general idea of the whole

before the explosion. Fortunately, she was blessed with a chance to survive. Being

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