Grace's legs instantly bumped into Ethan's. If it weren't for her palm instinctively bracing against his knee, she probably would've fallen right into him.

Grace looked up and met his calm eyes, which seemed to hide deeper thoughts. Her wrist was suddenly grasped, and the skin-to-skin contact felt scalding hot.

"The flowers. Don't forget," he reminded.

"Y-Yes, sir."

His gaze lingered on her face for over ten seconds before he turned the wheelchair around and simply left.

He seemed more pleased about receiving the flowers than he had been about that two-million-dollar brooch.

Grace remained seated in a daze, still feeling the strength of his grip on her wrist. The remaining warmth felt like vines growing up her skin, wrapping around her, and dragging her deeper into something she couldn't escape.

She looked down at her wrist and absent-mindedly rubbed it.

...

Meanwhile, Ethan exited the building with a black car already waiting for him outside.

Julian sat inside and personally lowered the car window, resting his head on one hand.

"Christmas at Henderson Residence must be lively, eh? Are all the others coming back too?"

eldest son, had been ruined by a cheating scandal, there were still the second son, Donald Henderson, and the third son, Bart

of them was easy to deal

top of that, there were plenty of shady relatives in the background.

the

are also those people overseas. They're keeping an eye on

that, Ethan closed his eyes and said softly,

pressed his lips together for a while, then cracked his knuckles with a few

ever troubled her?" Julian

in the future either," Ethan

raised a hand to massage

gala? You threw the entire Dryville into chaos. Do you know how many people are watching her now? Sometimes,

at the center of a storm like that—what exactly was

lifted his gaze and just then, saw Grace walking out

for a reply when he noticed Ethan staring in that direction,

sighed and told the

did the car slowly pull

drove to a flower shop, but they only had yellow magnolias. The vibrant red kind she

came up empty. Feeling defeated, she called Sebastian, hoping

her place, sorting through a mountain of documents.

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