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.

led to him calling Ashlyn

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

annoyed voice inexplicably made Lucas feel better. “Home? What home? Your home is

fresh seafood into the kitchen, striding to the living room to

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

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

the surrounding areas were entirely villa

the distance, Ashlyn could already see Lucas’s Bentley speeding towards her.

pressing his lips together tightly. He opened the car door and pulled Ashlyn inside without another

didn’t you wait for me

frown suddenly eased when his gaze landed on her. His dark eyes swept over her from head to toe. Ashlyn looked

the khaki slacks she sported. The oversized shirt hung loosely on her slender frame, tied in a messy knot above

see if he could close his

were supposed to be men’s formal wear and yet Ashlyn

her a hat to complete the look, she was all set to be

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

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