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.

restless when she returned to bed, wanting to confess but fearing that he would immediately break up with

were always stronger when they had nothing to lose.

they had something, they feared losing it, and everyone was

close, closing

we can still sleep for an hour.”

Elsewhere.

returned, everyone was waiting to see him and

indeed, at nine in the 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

the CEO hasn’t arrived yet.”

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puzzled. It was already nine, and lan, a workaholic, hadn’t yet arrived

she was about to inquire, she saw a man walking through the revolving glass door.

was conversing with Jeff

just as she was about to approach, she saw another person walking in from the

to her own company,

had a mind of his own, clinging to her since breakfast, asking

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

once my meeting ends, you’ll be

I’ll wait for you.”

sitting beside

and helplessness, and the

now, as he had accidentally left his documents in her

the lobby on the first floor

“lan.”

the surrounding gazes, he pulled her

at the Raymond

funny, “You

his face vanished, replaced by an air of

“Oh.”

not far away stood Judith, her gaze dark and resentful, as if

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