The Beginning Of All Sins

Chapter 5

Blushing, Olivia backed away from Tyler’s embrace and lowered her head to see the mess on the floor. She bent down to pick up the grapes. At the same moment, he also bent down.

They both reached for the same grape simultaneously, their hands touching. His hand was wet and

warm.

Olivia looked down and instinctively withdrew her hand. As for Tyler, he naturally noticed her reaction and also pulled his hand back.

People outside heard the commotion, and Naomi quickly asked, “What’s wrong, Olivia?”

Tyler calmly replied when he heard Naomi’s voice, “Nothing.”

Olivia remained silent and unmoving. She allowed him to pick up the grapes from the floor and wash them again.

“You clean yourself. I’ll leave first,” he said as he headed back to the ward, rolling down his sleeves.

Olivia stood there with her heart still racing, gripping the corner of the basin instinctively.

While she

spent some time cleaning the milk stain off herself, the sound of running water drowned out the conversation between Tyler and Naomi in the ward.

picking up his jacket. “I need to go. I can’t take Olivia home, but I’ll have my driver pick her up later. She can

would like to avoid spending time alone with

said, “I don’t need her company. Can you take her with you?” She then held Tyler’s hand and said, “Thank

and their eyes met while she happened to look up. As they

understood what they saw in

when the janitor had finished

arm after

stunned. She understood the hidden dynamics at play. She saw one person pushing her out, while the other was trying to push

she in this

had been standing there, turned around and said to Olivia, who had been silent, “Let’s

mouth, but she swallowed her words when she saw Naomi’s hopeful eyes. She followed Tyler.

home was silent. Olivia clearly sensed the underlying tension between him

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was

finally arrived at the Jones‘ residence in silence. Tyler said, “I won’t escort you

conveyed a sense of avoidance and distance, which Olivia acknowledged with a simple, ” Thank you,

further conversation. All she wanted was to

to get out of

of opening the car door, froze as she looked at the person beside her

happened between me and Naomi has nothing to do with you,” he calmly explained. He was referring to the push–and–pull situation