A Moment in Destiny

“Thanks!” Rae Baxter smiled. The rock at the bottom of her heart was relieved, revealing a relieved smile. It was a smile that looked genuinely relaxed.

Inside the building, Marcel looked at Rae who was outside through the blinds. She was holding the phone and smiling radiantly.

That smile was from the heart, and it was dazzling.

Marcel faintly narrowed his eyes, frowned and slightly dulled his face. Hiding behind the blinds, he was being unpredictable.

Rae put down the phone and put the gift Marcel gave her inside her bag. She didn’t know what it was, but she didn’t think she should accept it. The gift was too abrupt, and their relationship hadn’t reached that point yet after all.

With her mind made up, Rae went to Marcel’s office during lunch when no one was looking. He happened to be there, and she placed the gift on the table.

Marcel frowned and looked over. His eyes lingered on the gift for a few seconds, then looked up at Rae. His eyes had questions, but he didn’t ask anything.

Rae was very prudish and said, “Thank you, Captain Hopkins. But I can’t accept this gift, I haven’t done anything to deserve it!”

Marcel leaned back and rested on the back of his chair. His demeanor was very gloomy, then his gaze fell on Rae’s face, looking very profound.

Rae subconsciously avoided his gaze and lowered her eyes, “I’ll head out first.”

She had already returned the gift, and she couldn’t control what Marcel would think, but she knew that she couldn’t let this be unclear between them.

“Aren’t you going to see what’s inside before you make a decision?”

Behind her was Marcel’s unhurried voice with a hint of sultriness that enticed the soul.

Rae’s body froze and she didn’t turn around. Her thin figure was seen in Marcel’s eyes. With a hint of arrogance, she said, “Thank you, Captain Hopkins. I’m not that curious!”

After saying that, she started to head out.

“Then I’ll save it for you, Rae!” Behind her, Marcel stared at her back and his certained tone sounded, “You’ll accept it, one day.”

Rae who had reached the door suddenly turned around and looked at Marcel. Without saying anything, she stood at the door and looked deeply at him, as if she wanted to peek at the thoughts deep down in his heart.

His actions were not like how a captain should behave.

Marcel’s eyebrows were slightly raised, his eyes looked deep and there was even a hint of playfulness at the corners of his eyes, implying with a strong sense of confidence.

Rae got a little angry all of a sudden. She didn’t say anything, just turned around and walked out.

She decided to forget about the whole thing, including this morning where Marcel picked her up. She took it all as the captain’s sudden whim of action and had no meaning. As for her, she couldn’t be daydreaming about it.

In the afternoon, Marcel personally arranged people to go undercover at Joanna Salinas’s villa and the community’s security office. With eyes planted, it laid down groundwork for future investigation as well.

residence, but Marcel changed his mind and let Easton kept an eye on her by himself, while he

the staff residence of SC Normal University, which were all old campus houses, so the management was naturally not as strict and standardized as an upscale neighborhood. The stairs were open to the public and there was no intercom doorbell, so they could easily get to the

little worried whether Kenzie would

in the car, “Don’t

“Oh!”

present gifting situation, she was still a bit embarrassed at

as if nothing had happened, and Rae was

when they arrived, and there were more people going back and forth the stairs, so both of them

distance between them were far, yet Rae still subconsciously leaned on her

said to her, “Wait here for a while, I’ll be

Rae nodded her head quickly as

of the car and headed out. Rae didn’t know where he was going, so she sat alone in the

minutes later, the car door opened from the outside and Marcel got in. While bending down, he handed over a

a look and there were three big words printed on it — Carnival

franchise in City B, and Carnival Cake’s cakes were

didn’t know whether to accept it or refuse

the box in her

Captain

need to thank me. I don’t want to keep you from eating your birthday cake because of overtime, and

She was feeling touched originally, then a

doesn’t matter if I

to mention that it wasn’t even her own birthday. By celebrating Rae Baxter’s birthday, she only felt incomparably sad inside, and her resentment towards the Baxter family deepened at

birthdays very much.” Marcel’s tone sounded tentative. With the little understanding that he had of Rae, Marcel really couldn’t see through her. He just felt that she wasn’t as lively as the usual girls, nor was she stiff as an introverted girl. She seemed to be holding back something, perhaps

sounded sincere. How could she possibly tell others that she was living in place of another person and

had to rely on her own efforts to get evidence on Leonard Baxter’s crime

the bag in her hand, but she didn’t seem

rude to disappoint someone’s gesture, let alone it’s just a piece

after. With a light smile, she opened the bag and saw the

of teasing and self-deprecation in his tone, “Enjoy it. You didn’t want my gift and if you didn’t eat the cake as well, then I’ll think that I have a problem with my character, and it wasn’t pleasing you!

but it was vaguely exuding care. Something Rae hadn’t felt in a long time.

was care coming from

something that Rae wished

didn’t know what he was going to do, but she knew that if he kept

the cake tonight. It wasn’t a

at a time without looking up at Marcel while she was

from the corners of her eyes that Marcel looked over several times, and there was some kind of deep meaning in his eyes. A meaning that she couldn’t delve into and

said, “Let’s go! It’s nine o’clock,

phone to arrange work, “Okay, proceed as