Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 88 Embracing With Open Arms

I sighed. I opened my mouth to speak, but for a moment, I had no idea what to say.

Eric already had everything planned out for me.

Logically speaking, I should have felt moved, but I was instead feeling rather sullen. If Eric had to handle everything for me, then what else was there left for me to do?

Was I supposed to just sit back and enjoy the results?

I was really afraid of developing a dependence on Eric. Every time I encountered danger, I would think of him. Dependence was the scariest thing to me because once I became familiar with this sense of dependence, I would find it harder and harder to leave his side. Thinking this, I instinctively took a step back, creating distance between Eric and myself.

"Thank you very much for helping me this time, Eric," I said. "I understand that you mean well, but I hope that you'll let me know in advance when encountering a similar situation in the future. That way, I can choose whether or not to accept your help. After all, it wouldn't be fair to you to keep aiding me one-sidedly."

He suppressed the emotions surging in his eyes and gradually

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would be resolved

know how to repay you for all the help you've given me this time,” I said in consternation. “How about this? I'll personally desig of-a-kind piece of

probably the only way I could repay

lips curved up in a faint smile as he gazed at me. “You see, I'm a greedy person. I want that design, but I also want something else. I I blinked at

it only stood to reason that I helped fulfill his wish. Besides, given his

turned to

instructions, then held my hand tightly and said in an extremely intimate, captivating voice, Accompany me somewhere.” Before I

fitted between

they're going to do. You know, those kinds of things?

I do envy Ms. Brown. If I could be on the receiving end of Mr. Flint's affections, I'd be smiling