Chapter 22

Eleanor stole a glance at Cedric sitting in the passenger seat.

Seeing him focused on looking out the window, the embarrassment in the her heart gradually eased.

She held a tissue, bowing her head and silently cleaning the rainwater off her body.

Cedric looked in the rear–view mirror at the thin figure in the back seat.

In such cold weather, she didn’t even have a coat on, and was out in the rain trying to hail a cab. Cedric was quite curious.

“Ms. Shultz, why didn’t Mr. Caporal give you a ride home?”

Hearing the name Mr. Caporal, Eleanor furrowed her brows in confusion. It took her a moment to remember that she was currently Josef’s “girlfriend“.

She clenched the tissue in her hand and lied, “We had a fight, and he just left me by the road.”

Cedric nodded, “I see.”

Seeing her shivering from the cold, he raised the car’s heating without asking further.

The sudden increase in temperature inside the car gradually warmed Eleanor’s icy, stiff body.

She glanced at Cedric gratefully, then carefully explained, “I actually wanted to take a taxi, but my phone was out of power, and the nearby shops were closed. I had no place to wait out of the rain, so I stood by the road. Sorry to trouble you.”

chin on one hand, looking at the embarrassed and uneasy Eleanor in the rear–view mirror. He reassured her

her head against

With the warm air blowing, she soon fell into a

car stopped at the entrance

said, “Ms. Shultz,

receiving no response from the back seat, Cedric turned around.

sound asleep,

fall asleep so

was a good

motioned

quickly got up, went to the back seat, opened the car door,

you’re home.”

up with difficulty, opened her eyes to see the darkness,

rain worsening her condition, but luckily, her

car.

then

“Ms. Shultz.”

handed her an umbrella from the back seat, “It’s raining heavily outside, take this

chance to return it to him. So, she gently refused, “Thank

thoughts through her eyes. He simply

hesitated, but seeing Cedric’s assertive look,

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