Chapter 108 Let Me Down

Stella went quiet. Engagement, engagement, does it ever end?

“I got engaged to him because of the Tom family”

Once you brought that up, things got complicated. There were all kinds of reasons behind the engagement–any reason ercept the ones people gossiped about, like her supposedly being in love with Ethan.

The mention of the Tom family made the air between them feel even more tense.

Stella lowered her head, guilt creeping in. She knew… Abraham hated when she kept things from him.

Even back then, during the whole Tom family situation–she’d been the one threatened, sure, but he still came after her. Sure enough, she got a sharp flick to the forehead.

“Ow!

She let out a muffled grunt from the pain.

Abraham asked, “You gonna try that again?”

“No! Never again!”

Maybe next time she would, but she’d never dare try it in front of Abraham.

Seeing her reaction, the depth in Abraham’s eyes finally started to ease.

He scooped her up and stood. “Let’s go. Time to eat.”

really carrying me like this–so easily? Is he just that strong, or am I just

me down. I can

being carried out

looked down at her, eyes deep again. “What? I’m not

“You are.”

this, right? Before she could say another word, Abraham was already carrying

just come up–waiting

he saw Abraham carrying Stella out, the

the

up respectfully. “Mr.

office a once–over, then said, “Order lunch for them

generous and rich! If Ms. Dawson wasn’t about to

looked good, treated her well, and clearly had money. That beat Ethan any day–especially since

The whole time, she buried her face against his chest, too embarrassed to show

“What about it?”

her panicked expression, and the corner of his lips tugged into a

baths when I was a kid, but it’s not like that anymore. You’re gonna have your own life one day, and so will 1. If either of our future partners found out we still

nerve–Abraham’s smile

shift in his mood made Stella nervous. The next thing she knew, he pulled her right onto his lap. Did I say all that for

she even started to doubt herself. Can’t be

it; Abraham didn’t

all my hair

between his fingers–long

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