She was feeling irritated when her phone rang insistently.

It was Lucas. She pressed the answer button.

“Where did you go, damn it?”

The cold voice that reached her ears conveyed its master’s unamused mood quite adequately.

“What do you want?” Ashlyn’s tone was even ruder than Lucas’s.

Holding his phone to his ear, Lucas’s expression darkened noticeably. He was carrying a bag of fresh seafood that he bought from the morning market.

He had decided to go to the market this morning to buy fresh seafood just for Ashlyn.

And yet, this was how she decided to repay him, by vanishing without so much a single explanation.

When he returned to the villa and found the house empty, he flew into a terrible mood.

He went through a rapid series of emotions, ranging from frustration, irritation, panic, and maybe even the slightest hint of disappointment.

to him calling

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

better. “Home? What home? Your home is right

into the kitchen, striding to the living room to pick up his car

to retort when she heard Lucas end the call. The beeping sound of the disconnect tone reached

was furious, but she put her phone into her pocket and continued walking forward, hoping that she could find a cab before

villa districts. Cabs were rarely seen here, if

could already see Lucas’s Bentley speeding towards her. He pulled up beside her with a loud

opened the car door and pulled Ashlyn inside without another word. Obviously, he was in a foul

didn’t you wait for me to come

landed on her. His dark eyes swept over her from head to toe. Ashlyn looked

like it was one of his. The same could be said for the khaki slacks she sported. The oversized

slim waist and tempting him to see if he could close his entire hand around it. She had casually folded up the over-long pant legs as well, exposing her delicately

be men’s formal wear and yet Ashlyn managed to make them look like the perfect

hung in front of her chest loosely. If someone gave her a hat to complete

was no way else to describe it. Ashlyn was beautiful. Even wearing his clothes,

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