Chapter 294 A Sense Of Disquiet

I really couldn’t understand why Michael would do such a thing.

Time ticked by, and the two of them finally exited the restaurant about a little over an hour later.

Emma looked blissful as she took Michael’s arm while he remained expressionless. I couldn’t read his mind.

The duo climbed into the car and drove off. However, they weren’t heading toward Birchwood.

Watching as his car drove further away, I sprinted after him for a short distance. Alas, a human was no match for a car.

The corners of my mouth curved into a bitter smile.

Was my happiness a mere illusion? Does he really love me?

I started making my way home forlornly. Vivid images of them together kept replaying in my mind. A burning desire to know exactly why they were meeting each other seized me.

After what seemed like hours, I halted in my tracks and rummaged out my phone to call Michael.

It rang for an eternity before his alluring and low voice drifted out from the other end of the phone. “What’s the matter? Are you not in bed yet?”

His voice was still as gentle as ever, and I couldn’t hear anything different at all. The calmer he sounded, the deeper I fell into the icy abyss.

“Where are you right now?”

Suppressing the tremor in my voice, I did my utmost best to sound calm and collected.

I’ll be home in no time. Rest earlier if you’re tired. You don’t

turned all the more tender, and I could even imagine

handsome when he smiles. It’s mesmerizing. If I hadn’t seen him with Emma tonight, I would be moved by his tenderness. Now, however,

I’ll be hanging

my emotions back, so I hurriedly hung

confront Michael. I wanted to hear his

with me. From

an hour later, Michael still wasn’t back. Despite having no inkling of where he went with Emma or what they did, I didn’t dare mull

to be true. Emma was an exceedingly beautiful woman, and she outshone me

I was truly afraid that he couldn’t control himself and hooked

before he finally came home, looking a tad tired. I

I merely threw him a placid glance because I didn’t quite know

tell you not to wait

Upon seeing that I was still

past, I would never reject him. However, my mind was running amok with tons of questions—what did they do; did

kiss. At that very moment,

furrowed in displeasure, and his gaze was tinged with disgruntlement

tired. I’m going back to the room to

when confronted by his chagrined gaze, but I didn’t

toward the bedroom without even

my back as I entered the bedroom, seemingly contemplating something

images of Michael with Emma together. I wondered if he had

tightly with

the creak from the opening door pierced the room as Michael came in. When I heard his footsteps, I immediately closed my

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