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.

jacket. “I need to go. I can’t

like to avoid

her company. Can you take her with you?” She then held Tyler’s hand and said, “Thank you,

eyes met while she happened to look up. As

what they saw in

agreed when the janitor had finished cleaning

from his arm after hearing

saw one person pushing her out, while the other was trying to push her

was she

had been silent, “Let’s go. “He seemed

swallowed her words when she saw

silent. Olivia clearly sensed the underlying tension between him and

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was

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

sense of avoidance and distance, which Olivia acknowledged with a simple,

mood for further conversation. All she wanted was to escape as

of the car, Tyler called out

car door,

happened between me and Naomi has nothing to do with you,” he calmly explained. He