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.

windows. They were on the 28th floor, so to have the windows broken and the evening wind blowing violently inside, it

the windows suddenly shatter for no reason? Not to mention that these were

are bleeding, it must’ve been the glass.” Ryan’s voice brought Madeline out of

that there was a bleeding wound on

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

he held Madeline’s hand and began to treat the

She made no sound, but Ryan seemed to have realized it anyway and his touch grew gentler. “I’ll be done

work reminds me

moment before replying, “I took a

just as he

few days. Let’s get

Madeline turned around to take her bag from

back. “I’ll do

the glass shards all over the floor as

doesn’t feel

with her purse in hand, he

one of the glass shards. In her heels, she felt herself slip at the smooth

reached out to hold Madeline’s shoulder,

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