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 Ashlyn

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

inexplicably made Lucas feel better.

bag of fresh seafood into the kitchen, striding to the living room to pick up his car keys before heading out.

don’t need you to. Ashlyn was about to retort when she heard Lucas

hung up on her, just like that. Ashlyn was furious, but she put her phone into her pocket and continued walking forward,

for her, the surrounding areas were entirely villa districts. Cabs were rarely

Bentley speeding towards her. He pulled up beside her

tightly. He opened the car door

growled angrily. “Why didn’t you wait for me to come

dark eyes

almost like it was one of his. The same could be said for the khaki slacks she sported. The oversized shirt hung loosely on her slender frame, tied in a messy knot above

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

men’s formal wear and yet Ashlyn

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

else to describe it. Ashlyn was beautiful. Even wearing

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