When he didn’t speak, I peeked at him in surprise, but his eyes were hooded and I couldn’t discern any emotion in them.

Unable to help myself, I blurted, “Didn’t you come here to look for Armond? Aren’t you going to talk to him?”

Without sparing a glance at me, his slender fingers moved across the porcelain bowls as he expertly washed the dishes.

“There’s no rush.” He only gave me three simple words in return.

The atmosphere became quiet all of a sudden and I felt slightly at a loss.

Suddenly, a ringtone broke through the uncomfortable silence. It was coming from his phone.

 

He didn’t answer it, but turned his emotionless eyes to me for some reason.

I stiffened and asked confusedly, “What is it?”

 

“My hands are wet. I’ll have to trouble you,” he replied.

At first, I couldn’t grasp his meaning. Later on, I realized that his phone was in his trouser pocket and both his hands were covered with soap.

Coincidently, I had just wiped my hands dry, so technically, it was convenient for me to take his phone. But…

The corners of my eyes twitched as I fell into a dilemma. “Mr. Fuller, I think that’s rather inappropriate.”

He cocked a brow at me. “And why exactly would that be inappropriate?”

woman such as myself reaching into his trouser pocket to

looked at me with a serious yet clear eyes. If I made a big deal out of it, it would seem like

beautiful piano melody kept playing, as though the caller was

was still frozen in the same posture as he waited for me to answer his

exhaled sharply and shoved my hand into his trouser pocket. After taking his phone out, I

His meaning couldn’t be any clearer—he couldn’t pick up the call in his state and I had

the phone screen to face me and swiped to answer the call, catching sight of the caller ID in the process—it was

Ashton instructed while staring at me with

on the speaker icon before bringing the phone to his ear. Due to the height

Rachel’s gentle voice drifted over the other end of the line. “Mr. Fuller,

was stingy with his words as

to this habit of his because she didn’t seem to mind as she chirped gleefully, “I brought all the previous project files over today for you to take

lucky of him to have a beautiful

his gaze on me.

he wasn’t going to answer,

she quipped, “Then, can you come out and open the gate for me, Mr. Fuller? I’m already outside your

replied. Then, he shot me a glance, signaling for

second before suggesting, “You should go now.

it in a vice-like grip. Bewildered, I widened my eyes at him, trying to

done here. Rachel is here because of the Lavelian Village project. Since

Rachel’s obviously not here to

was currently waiting outside. After he was done, he scanned me from head to toe at a disturbingly languid pace before asking, “Do you need to have a change

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