Chapter 142

He stood and hauled Maureen’s suitcase toward the door.

Maureen trailed behind him, stunned and bewildered

Only after the suitcase was in the trunk and they’d gotten in the car did Maureen realize Geoffrey planned to drive himself.

“It takes five or six hours to reach Small Town. Shouldn’t we let the driver take us?”

Maureen worried he didn’t know.

“No need.”

Geoffrey disliked having outsiders around when traveling alone with her.

Before leaving, he’d told Wayne not to call unless absolutely necessary.

On the way to Small Town, heavy rain was falling steadily.

Maureen sat in the passenger seat and inadvertently caught sight of Geoffrey’s handsome profile. Her breath hitched, but she quickly averted her gaze to look out the car window.

To be honest, before she had Geoffrey, she always felt he was hard to approach.

But now, she had touched every inch of him.

As the saying goes, no matter how cold and aloof a man is, once there’s physical intimacy between them, the relationship changes.

Geoffrey also noticed her looking at him. At the rest area, he took her hand

“I’m not used to you being so quiet.”

Maureen looked at him and heard him say, “You used to have endless things to say.

Hearing this, Maureen couldn’t help but smile bitterly

“Then you must not remember when you said you didn’t like me talking too much.”

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Geoffrey was taken aback.

atmosphere in the car

said something she shouldn’t have and upset him again, so she

pass this service area, there’s a maple forest ahead. Right

The days were getting shorter, and the

Especially when it rained.

their car passed through the maple forest, dusk had already fallen. The rain cast an unusually

down.

then that Geoffrey saw the long–absent smile

felt transported back to when he first met

bright and

the maple forest, the

but found it dead. With no alternative,

her his

“Use this.”

“No passcode.”

before accepting

apps–only work–related tools and a

Maureen opened the browser to check recent

Her

widened at the sixth item on the Trending

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plagiarism.

Disbelief flooded her.

ago, Geoffrey had urged Katherine to drop the case. How could

let her suffer

the car entered

arranged hotel

“Let’s rest for today.”

stepped out of

Maureen couldn’t help saying, “I just saw the news.

but she’d also taken down her songs and offered

Geoffrey showed no surprise.

instructed Wayne to demand this from Andrea–comply or

were right before. Plagiarism

didn’t expose her as

realized he’d changed

she discovered

“Are we sleeping together?”

“Otherwise?”

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