Chapter 1019

She suddenly reached out, wrapping her arms around his neck.

“lan.”

lan was still standing outside the car, unexpectedly embraced, and his heart softened.

“Maja, you’ve become much clingier since I returned.”

This fool.

Maja didn’t respond, simply releasing him in silence.

lan was left standing outside the car, the passenger door still open.

He cupped her face, gazing at her for a minute before bending down to plant a tender kiss on her lips.

“Maja, I’m just trying to trust you.”

His words left Maja frozen.

He kissed her lips again.

“When I hold you close, every cell in my body feels at ease. Now that we’re together, I should trust you, right? I don’t want any more mishaps.” He closed the car door, his eyes suddenly deep and intense.

“I don’t care whether you’ve seen your first love or not. From the moment you said you liked me, you must draw a line with him! I overlooked the last incident, but you’re not allowed to lie to me anymore.”

Maja was practically at a loss for words.

Closing the car door, lan moved to the driver’s seat and drove towards Greenfield Gardens.

It was already five in the morning, and they would have to get up in an hour.

Maja wás bathed in the bathtub, and despite the comfort she found in his care, the thought of the two nights with another man was a thorn in her heart, pricking her each time it surfaced.

to confess but fearing that he would immediately

they had

something, they feared losing it, and everyone was the

held her close, closing

six, we can

Elsewhere.

lan had returned, everyone was waiting to see him and Judith flaunting their

morning, Judith had arrived at the Raymond Corporation, her hand still carrying a lunch box, apparently here to bring lan breakfast.

greeted her with the utmost respect.

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already nine, and lan, a workaholic, hadn’t yet arrived at the

a man walking through

gray suit, lan was conversing with Jeff

about to approach, she

planned to go to her own company, but lan had insisted on bringing her here

to drop her off at her company, but he had a mind of his own, clinging to her since breakfast, asking her to drop him off at the Raymond Corporation.

Greenfield Gardens, she had held a brief online meeting, unable to resist

it will be past eight once my meeting ends, you’ll be late for the

fine, I’ll wait

seemed satisfied, sitting beside her

and helplessness, and

with him now, as he had

to the lobby on the first floor before calling out to him.

“lan.”

his eyes instantly lighting up. Without considering the surrounding gazes, he pulled her

work overtime at the Raymond

“You left your

vanished, replaced by an air of

“Oh.”

them, and not far away stood Judith, her gaze dark and resentful,

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