Chapter 224

Soren had been resting throughout the entire journey. He finally opened his eyes and sat up when the car came to

a stop.

Amanda glanced at him and said, “Thank you, Mr. Kenway’ll buy you a meal if we ever meet again.”

In my mind, I doubted that opportunity would ever arise. After all, Amanda was working overseas and would rarely return to Metropolis.

To my surprise, Soren smiled politely and replied, “I’m sure we will.”

Amanda seemed to understand what Seren meant by that and raised her eyebrows at me before getting out. “See you next time.”

“Bye bye.” I waved and, almost instinctively, moved into her seat after she left.

Soren simply stared at me, his smile causing my face to flush.

“Why are you smiling?” I asked.

Why

Soren was a tall man with long limbs–his arm stretched easily to my seat when he extended it.

“Why are you hiding from me?” he asked.

feeling my

Was he trying

right in front of us–surely,

turned out I was

me, but after a brief pause, he sighed in exhaustion.

me to ask, “Are you okay?

the previous night, which made me think he must have been

day accompanying the deans with their activities. I doubted

he had been drinking that night…

and Soleil had both mentioned how much of a workaholic Soren could

for him, even frustrated at the thought that

yourself with work day and night… You shouldn’t overwork yourself as if you really think you’re a machine,” 1

Soren had leaned a little closer to me with

“Guilty as charged.”

rant, his comment caught me off guard. Suddenly, I didn’t know

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Chapter 224

car fell into silence

saw him leaning against the door with his eyes closed, my voice softened as I asked, “How are you feeling? We could

making me dizzy,

were shut, and he seemed to be

his posture looked slightly off, I couldn’t help but gently push down his arm, which rested against the

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