"Alright," Gavin agreed without hesitation.

Jolie fell silent.

She led the way out of the car, her expression less than pleased. This wasn't how the night was supposed to go.

She and Gavin were from two entirely different worlds, and there was no reason for their paths to cross like this. Where had things gone wrong?

As they walked, an image flashed through her mind-Gavin's gaze when he looked at Selena. At that moment, her eyes grew colder.

Her apartment was on the 17th floor. At this late hour, the elevator was empty, leaving just the two of them.

Jolie stood in front, the reflective elevator walls showing Gavin's sharp, handsome features. He kept his gaze lowered, his face expressionless.

Ding!

The elevator doors opened, and Jolie stepped out first, entering her apartment by scanning her fingerprint.

door and retrieved a pair of men's slippers from the shoe

"Please, Mr. Cooper."

briefly over the shoe cabinet. Alongside the men's slippers were

slippers, he asked casually,

her

a

the need to explain

suspicion was correct, this situation was going to become... messy. Turning

spacious single-floor unit, spanning 200 square meters. Normally, the space felt a bit empty with just her there But with him standing quietly in the center, it no longer felt that way-he seemed

be a moment," Jolie said as she

voice calm as he took

a style that reflected Jolie's personal taste-simple and rustic, with bright, warm tones that

of clothes. When she came back out, the water had already boiled, but instead of making tea, she walked straight to Gavin. Leaning over him, one hand resting on the back of the sofa,

calm gaze meeting her face, now

still, his expression unreadable, as her eyes flicked down to his lips, then to his nose, before finally locking with

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