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.

up his jacket. “I need to go. I can’t take

clenched her fists. Tyler probably would like

“I don’t need her company. Can you take her with you?”

met while she happened to look

saw in each other’s eyes.

when the janitor had finished cleaning the pantry. “Okay.”

his arm after hearing

surprise, standing there stunned. She understood the hidden dynamics at play. She saw one person pushing

she

been standing there, turned around and said to Olivia, who had been

her mouth, but she swallowed her words when she

silent. Olivia clearly sensed the underlying tension between him and Naomi,

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it was subtle.

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

and distance, which Olivia acknowledged with a simple,

conversation. All she wanted was to escape as quickly as possible.

as Olivia was about to get out of the car, Tyler called out to her, “Olivia,”

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

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