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?”

his trouser pocket to grab his

big deal out of it,

kept playing, as though the caller was

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

pocket. After taking his phone out, I handed

his brows at me and motioned at his soap-covered hands with his eyes. His meaning couldn’t be any

screen to face me and swiped to answer the call, catching sight

speaker,” Ashton instructed while staring

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

gentle voice drifted over the other

is it?” This man was stingy

the previous project files over today for you to take a look. By the way, you haven’t eaten yet, have you?

to have a beautiful woman at his beck and

his reply didn’t come after a long time, I vaguely sensed his gaze on me. Puzzled, I returned his

I thought he wasn’t going to answer, he responded

quipped, “Then, can you come out and open the gate for me,

shot me a glance, signaling for

call, I hesitated for a second before suggesting, “You should go now. I’ll handle it from

I reached out to take the bowl in his hand, but he held it in a vice-like grip. Bewildered, I widened my eyes at him, trying

together once we’re done here. Rachel is here because of the Lavelian Village project. Since you’re the person-in-charge, you’re required to

tightly in response to his tyrannical behavior. Rachel’s obviously not here to discuss the project with him. Is

took his time with the dishes, seemingly unbothered about the fact that Rachel 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 of

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