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.

him calling

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

inexplicably made Lucas feel better. “Home? What home?

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

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

furious, but she put her phone into her pocket and continued walking

the surrounding areas were entirely villa districts. Cabs were rarely seen here, if

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

straight nose, Lucas was pressing his lips together tightly. He opened the car door and pulled Ashlyn inside without

didn’t you wait

on her. His dark eyes swept over

looked very familiar, almost like it was one of his. The same could be said for the khaki slacks she

he could close his entire hand around it. She had casually folded up the over-long pant legs as well, exposing

formal wear and yet Ashlyn managed to make them

an intricate braid that hung in front of her chest loosely. If someone gave her a

describe it. Ashlyn was beautiful. Even wearing his clothes, she was

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