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.

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

reason? Not to mention that these were hardly

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

the light from her phone, Madeline realized that there was a bleeding wound on the back of

then made his way toward the first-aid kit and returned quickly after. “Let’s stop the bleeding

warm as he held Madeline’s hand and began

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

you work reminds me of a doctor.

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

dressed just as he finished

the next few days. Let’s get you downstairs. It doesn’t

turned around to take her bag from the

pulled her back. “I’ll do

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

doesn’t feel very

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

on one of the glass shards. In her

hold Madeline’s shoulder, steadying

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