Chapter 194

Maureen caught up with lan as he stepped out of the Raymond family’s gate, letting out a long sigh.

“lan, I didn’t expect your grandpa to be that mad. I’m really sorry.”

“Maureen, it’s not your fault. Penny and I got ourselves into this.”

Mentioning Penny always seemed to rub Maureen the wrong way.

“Don’t think I’m butting in. Now that you’ve paid the price, you should cut ties with her. Otherwise, your grandpa might blow a bigger gasket and she might get caught in the crossfire.”

“I can handle my own business.”

Maureen bit her tongue, knowing that another word might rub lan the wrong way

lan got into his car. His back was hurting a lot, so he didn’t lean back against the seat

It was a real pain in the neck, making it hard for him to bear.

Just then, Maja called.

“Mr. Raymond, I’m at the hotel. Are you coming back tonight?”

lan’s hands gripped the steering wheel tight. He was sweating bullets and his lips turned a bit pale.

“Yeah.”

His tone was icy, then he hung up.

Maja waited for him in the hallway outside the hotel room, feeling at ease.

minutes later, lan showed up at the elevator. Seeing him, Maja breathed a sigh of relief. She nodded at him and got down to brass tacks. “Mr. Raymond, I

walked up to her, not looking at her but taking the room key and swiping the

into the room. She smelled something fishy, and her brow furrowed slightly.

have healed by now? Why

but with Maja there, he thought better of it and

seemed he still remembered last night. Just not sure if he

worried he might think she

lan didn’t bring it up, she didn’t feel

“Yep.”

the

felt a warm feeling inside. She didn’t expect him to be concerned

that I’m not the most popular person there,

a word with my auntie about this. As for your misunderstanding with

should improve. As for that night, it should be water under

bit relieved, “Alright, thanks, Mr. Raymond. I’ll get back in

her lips,

her and didn’t say another

atmosphere becoming a

in a room, filling the air with a sense of ambiguity.

was a bit off, so she got up ready to

I’ll get

finish, Jeff’s voice came

are you alright?”

holding a first–aid kit, obviously responding to

was doing and

showed some sweat on his

Thinking for a bit, he put

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