151 Intimacy

Daphne rushed out of her home and asked, “What are you doing here, Mr. Middleton? Why aren’t you coming in?”

Daphne was in her pajamas, and she Chapter had a sweater on. It looked thin, showing how she couldn’t wait to see William.

William gestured for her to get inside the car.

Daphne quickly got into the passenger seat. “What is it, Mr. Middleton?”

William started driving, and they circled around the neighborhood.

Daphne couldn’t figure out why he would visit her at this hour, so she called his name again.

William said in a conflicted tone, “Something happened to Emelie’s friend. Did you do it? Also, did you post the accusations about Emelie online?”

Of course, Daphne’s first reaction was to deny it. “What happened? What posts? Mr. Middleton, what are you talking about?”

“Do you not know about it?”

“I…”

were no traces of clues,

you, that means we have proof.” Daphne clenched her sweater tightly and had

three years of their relationship, even if they were separated, they would still feel a

distracted when the car returned to the entrance.

William said.

herself. The way she denied it was the worst response she could give. Then, the

She grabbed his arm and said, “Mr. Middleton,

and there were two faint scars on her fair

this was the best he could do. Mona disfigured me and never apologized for it. She even accused me

When my mom saw me, she knew Mona bullied me

had stopped driving, but he also didn’t say anything. It was hard to discem his feelings.

didn’t know my mom would do that. If I did, I definitely would’ve stopped her. I listened to you. You told me you’d handle it, so I stayed put. If I wanted to do it, I would’ve done

if he believed her or not. Instead, he

to you. She was only stating her opinions online,” Daphne

asked her to delete the post. She even deleted her account. If you think that’s not enough, I’ll apologize

the road swayed

William finally said, “Tell your friend and your mom not to do anything stupid again. When the comments go wild, it brings bad news to Cloudex Corporation and my

the comments? Is that why you came looking for me? Are you

it. Instead, he grabbed a tissue for

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