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 bed, wanting to confess but fearing

when they

something, they feared losing it, and everyone was the

held her close, closing his eyes.

at half past six, we can still sleep for an hour.”

Elsewhere.

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

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

with the utmost

CEO

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lan, a workaholic, hadn’t

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

a gray suit, lan was conversing with Jeff beside him.

she saw another person walking

her own company, but lan had insisted

drop her off at her company, but he had a mind of his own, clinging to her since breakfast, asking her to drop

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

once my meeting ends, you’ll

fine, I’ll wait for

beside her without further

helplessness, and the man was indeed quite

caught up with him now, as he had accidentally left his documents in her

to the lobby on the first floor before calling

“lan.”

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

work overtime at the

found it funny, “You left

his face vanished, replaced by an

“Oh.”

eyes on them, and not far away stood Judith, her gaze dark and resentful, as if she wanted to tear

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