Chapter 768

After dinner, she wandered outside for a bit, played with MiloBuddy until he got

tired, then headed upstairs to get ready for bed.

Dylan was actually behaving himself tonight. He sat by the window, reading a

comic book. When he noticed her walk in, he quietly put his comic away and went

off to wash up.

Clara bent down and picked up the comic he'd left on the floor. She flipped

through a few pages, pausing when she spotted handwriting that looked almost

like hers—except it was way too childish.

She frowned, standing there, lost in thought for a moment. When Dylan came out

of the bathroom, she finally went to take her own shower.

Afterwards, wrapped in her robe, she opened her laptop and started working

through a stack of Ferguson Corporation files. She must have been staring at the

screen too long, because suddenly, Dylan's voice was right beside her.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

She startled, turning to answer, but he was so close that her lips brushed his

cheek.

His lashes lowered, eyes dropping to her mouth.

Realizing where this was headed, she quickly turned away, pushing him back a

little.

just grinned

what he found so funny. Clearing her throat, she mumbled, "No,

was just... zoning out."

kept drifting back to that silhouette she'd seen

like it was some kind of

her nerves were shot.

Dylan leaned in, resting his chin on

the Ferguson family tomorrow?"

surprise. Her? Go

would probably lose his

the old man get

everything on Dylan, blaming him for things he didn't do

up. What kind of

impossible to focus.

She took

she started to say, but before she

at the corner of

could even react, his

were parted, and he took full

adrenaline

no time, deepening the

up her back

back of

holding her in place.

tried to

wedged between them.

sensed her hesitation,

let go of her lips and took

kissing and nibbling

one.

more than just flustered. Heat rose up her neck,

to the

away as if she could

to disappear under

spinning as he finally let her go. "Come

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