Chapter 139

Chapter 139:

Under the shelter of the black umbrella, Bryan’s features shifted to an icy demeanor.

Under Bryan’s mocking gaze, Eileen was so angry that she couldn’t help but snap, even though she didn’t mean what she said.

“Without Milford’s tutoring, our paths wouldn’t have crossed again. Even now, my hope is that we can maintain just the simple relationship of a tutor and the student’s guardian.”

She spoke with indifference, raindrops peppering her cheeks and causing her curly eyelashes to clump.

A sneer brimming with scorn and fury slipped from Bryan as he listened.

He dismissed her thoughts silently.

Rain drenched the car, soaking Eileen’s coat and shirt, sending shivers of cold deep into her bones.

Her lips turned a frosty blue.

Suddenly, Bryan’s hold on her waist eased, and he caught her chin with his cold fingers.

“You’re not the one who can decide what our relationship is,” he declared.

Eileen had never held the power to influence their relationship from the start.

Before Eileen could respond, his lips claimed hers passionately, the sudden kiss overwhelming her senses.

The umbrella was no longer above them, lost to the wind.

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The rain continued to pour, drenching them both; Bryan’s grip was so tight that it hurt, pressing her sharply against the car.

Their muffled moans mixed; Bryan almost couldn’t control himself.

Raymond had already settled back into the car and averted his gaze outside.

He sighed deeply, knowing well that Bryan was not here for discussions about Milford’s tutoring. He knew Bryan merely wanted to see Eileen here.

Bryan, denying his true intentions, wouldn’t even let Raymond say this obvious truth.

Eventually, Bryan rested his forehead against Eileen’s, his eyes drawn to the shine of her lips.

He adjusted his tie and said with a strained voice, “Eileen, our relationship is destined to be anything but simple. Keep your distance from Emmett!”

His voice, rough and low, seemed strangely alluring given the situation.

Eileen began to respond,

But Bryan interjected sharply, “Say another word, and you’ll regret it.”

His menacing gaze served as a stern warning against further protests.

as Bryan’s hands moved gently over her face, occasionally brushing her earlobes, sending

stepped back. Eileen, leaning against the car, watched him leave in the rain, biting

into the distance. Overwhelmed,

and closed

intensified,

going to rain hard tonight.

responded with a

quickly ended the call and made her way back, struggling to see the road through the windshield wipers. She drove painstakingly slow,

passed by Bryan’s car,

that is Ms. Curtis’

Bryan instructed coolly, his expression unreadable. Peering through the dim light at the car ahead,

recent closeness with Eileen, his fingers brushed his lips, and a

passed before Raymond announced, “Mr. Dawson,

let’s return,” Bryan commanded

rain was relentless, and visibility was poor. Observing the downpour, Raymond hesitated to drive

suggested to Bryan, “Perhaps we should stay

seen Eileen to her door but seemed unlikely to

you out

know how to

the passenger seat.” Raymond quickly slid into the front

torrential rain, Bryan drove

previously left little imprint

the thought of Bryan. She

the window, her arms crossed, she

touched her lips, the memory of

Bryan had spoken jolted her

awake, seated by the window until dawn as the rain ceased and the first light of daybreak filtered

gaze. Despite a night

to freshen up, and

easily navigating Milford’s cunning

Milford unexpectedly said, “I’ll go to your education agency for tutoring

puzzled and concerned. “Why?” she

her intuition hinting

Just answer me, is it okay or

“Okay, I’ll wait for you at the

felt confident handling any

gathered her things and hurried back to the

intensive days, Emmett’s educational

awkwardness that had once hovered between them had dissolved, allowing them to

during their sessions, which Eileen

caught up with her. She dozed off during overtime on Thursday, her hair cascading over her shoulders as she

makeup-free and peaceful, rested on her

by her. Overcome by an impulse,

playful urge, he snapped a selfie with her in

continued to gaze at her, feeling an unexpected surge

chilly breeze fluttered through the open window.

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