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.

and stared at the broken floor-to-ceiling windows. They were on the 28th floor, so to have the

suddenly shatter for no reason? Not

the glass.” Ryan’s voice brought Madeline out of

was a bleeding wound on the back of

the first-aid kit and returned quickly after. “Let’s stop the bleeding first. I’ll clean and dress your wound

voice was gentle while his palm was warm as he held Madeline’s

no sound, but Ryan seemed to

curiously, “The way you work reminds me of a doctor. Did you

took a

just as he

to wet your wound for the next few days. Let’s get

Thank you.” Madeline turned around to take her bag

back. “I’ll do

at the glass shards all over the floor as he took her

doesn’t feel

to Madeline with her purse in hand, he took his phone to shine their

of the glass shards. In her heels, she

immediately reached out to hold Madeline’s shoulder, steadying

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