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.

They were on the 28th floor, so to have the

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

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

there was a

returned quickly after. “Let’s stop the bleeding first. I’ll

he

at the pain. She made no sound, but Ryan seemed to have realized it anyway and his touch

way you work reminds me of

“I took a few

dressed just as he finished

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

around to take her bag from

her back. “I’ll

his way over and stared at the glass shards all over the floor as

go, Ryan. It doesn’t feel very

Returning to Madeline with her purse in hand, he took his

way to follow, only to accidentally step on one of the glass shards. In her heels, she felt herself slip at the

out to hold Madeline’s shoulder, steadying her swaying

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