Chapter 1017

Not knowing who it was, Madeline turned on her phone’s flashlight and shone in the direction of the footsteps. “Who is it?”

Madeline asked, only to have the floor-to-ceiling windows behind her explode. The glass shattered everywhere.

She shouted reflexively and heard the sound of glass exploding again.

“Watch out!” A man’s worried tone sounded by her ear.

Madeline did not have the chance to take a look at the person when she found herself being pulled into a warm and strong embrace. The musky scent of ebony infiltrated her nostrils.

While it was not a familiar scent, Madeline did not find the scent especially new.

The sounds of explosion only stopped after a while.

However, the building’s lights remained switched off.

“Are you alright, Eveline?”

Only then did Eveline realize it was Ryan.

the 28th floor, so to have the windows broken and the evening wind

for no reason? Not to

it must’ve been the glass.” Ryan’s voice brought Madeline

light from her phone, Madeline realized that there was a bleeding wound

toward the first-aid kit and returned quickly after.

warm as he held Madeline’s hand and began to

Ryan seemed to have realized it anyway and his

and asked curiously, “The way you work reminds me of

a moment before replying, “I took a few medical lessons when I

was dressed just

your wound for the next few days. Let’s get you downstairs. It doesn’t seem very

turned around to take her bag from the

pulled her back. “I’ll

over and stared at the glass shards all

go, Ryan. It doesn’t feel very safe

her purse in hand, he

to accidentally step on one of the

to hold Madeline’s shoulder,

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