Chapter 296

Although Gregory was all about dollars and cents, he booked me a room in the six–star hotel in Vista Town

I had plans to head back to RiverCity that very night, but Gregory, over the phone, said, “Till be heading to RiverCity tomorrow, I can give you a lift”

“Okay then.”

A ride in a Bentley wasn’t something you tum down.

The next day, I had hoped to sleep in but got rudely awakened by a call.

“Come down.” It was Gregory’s lax voice.

Woken up by him two days in a row, I couldn’t help but feel imitated. “Jesus, did you pull an all–nighter again?”

Gregory faked surprise. “Wow someone’s grumpy in the moming?”

I took a deep breath, forced it down, and smiled. “Not at all, just worried about you, Mr. Ford, what’s the early morning call for?”

yawned. “Ramona wants to see

and yawning myself, I crawled out of bed.

nothing better to do than to wait for you down here because I’ve been

washed up, changed my clothes, grabbed my bag, and went

parked under the porte–cochere. He was leaning casually against it, head slightly

Ijogged over. “Let’s go.”

in time.” He glanced at his

implying I

smiled. “Take that

ready to hop into the

door with one hand and gestured toward

comfortably settled himself into the passenger

That was why he sent me the location to the Myers Mansion, making me

seat, about to complain about his lack of chivalry, when I saw him pull out a sleep mask from

his head, he was out like a

a sleep–deprived ghost in

on the accelerator

the Myers Mansion, a grand estate nestled on a hillside, its serene gardens reminiscent of classic countryside estates. And the person in the passenger seat was still deep

tapped his shoulder

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