Chapter 36

 Before I could react, Enzo dragged Kyle away from me by his collar. 

“A verbal thank you would be enough,” Enzo snapped, his face a little sullen. 

Kyle laughed dryly and kept glancing upstairs; I immediately understood what he meant. Kyle had probably brought his date home, but he didn’t want Lilla and Enzo to know. 

The most important thing to do now was to get Enzo and Lilla away. I focused on the unfinished red wine glass and pretended to head to the sofa to sit down. 

But then… I turned my hell and hit the coffee table directly. The glass fell to the ground, spilling red wine all over my dress. 

“Oh, dear!” I exclaimed. 

Enzo walked over. “What’s wrong?” 

I learned on him and gasped, “I knocked on the coffee table with my knee, and my skirt is ruined.” 

“It’s okay, I have clean clothes in my room. You can wear mine for now,” Lilla said. 

Just what I wanted. 

But instead of following Lilla upstairs, I raised my head to look at Enzo and frowned. “I hit my leg, and it hurts. Could you carry me upstairs?” 

his golden-brown eyes. Then a playful smile

he knew I was faking it, but he seemed happy to play

to admit that I was a little embarrassed. Seeing – the faint smile in Enzo’s eyes, I bury my head into his chest and sneaked a hand out to gesture

Enzo put me down. “I’ll wait outside,” he said to

in panic, “I can’t reach the zipper on my back. Can you help me?” My face must be burning red like fire right now. Lilla had just found a dress to fit me. A teasing smile appeared on her face when he heard that. God, what the heck was I saying? I really wanted

Lilla said, biting her lips as she ran out the

enough time to whisk his date away, so I didn’t stop her. Now, the

icy fingertips touch the hollow

slowly, and my heart

whispered in my ear with both hands on my shoulder, standing

“You can wait outside now.”

didn’t dare look Enzo in the eye, but I could feel his piercing gaze on me.

changing out of my clothes. Because of this incident, I felt guilty and didn’t meet Enzo’s eyes the entire way home. “Your face is red,” Enzo

 

tidied up my wind-blown hair and made an excuse,” Maybe

expose me, instead turned

be

tightened my hold on

to the side of

startled by his actions. “What’s wrong?”

throat bobbed up, then he looked at me and said, “I feel a little hot too.”

“Isn’t the AC on?”

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