Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 881-890

Angela then moved as if to reach down his pants.

Immediately, Richard grabbed her wrist, stopping her. She then slipped down to place her head on his lap. With a tug at the elastic holding her hair together, the long strands sprawled out across his thighs.

Her beautiful slanted eyes softly shimmered up at him. She looked so enticing, yet her gaze looked so clean and innocent.

Sunlight shining in through the window made her skin appear as fair as snow. Her cheeks were gently dusted with an embarrassed blush, and she looked so charming that he was mesmerized.

There was a slight hitch in his breathing. His hand was still wrapped around her wrist, but he did not know what to do next.

Angela was a woman, after all! She knew just how to make a man happy with her pretty looks.

She smiled as her bright eyes shone with pride. “Am I beautiful, Mr. Richard?”

Richard looked back at her with eyes so deep that there was no way to tell what emotions were hiding in them.

“Get up,” he coldly commanded.

Realizing how boring he was being, she moved to stand up. Just then, there was a sharp tug on her hair.

“Ouch!” she cried out in pain, instinctively moving her head closer to where the stuck tendrils of her hair were. Without thinking, she moved to fiddle with the object that her hair was stuck on—his belt buckle.

“Don’t move,” he rasped out. Still, he was too late. Angela had touched something she should not have.

Her hands immediately shot back as if she had been zapped. Her blush extended up to her ears.

He was…

With brows tightly knitted together, he moved to untangle her hair from his belt.

It was at that moment someone pushed open the door. Four pairs of eyes were immediately greeted with the shocking sight of the two in a compromising position.

The men cursed themselves for their bad timing.

Moreover, when were Richard and Angela so close? They were even making out now!

“We will be back later, sir. Please, continue,” Will said, pushing the other three out of the room before swiftly closing it behind him.

The other three men had wanted to spend a few more seconds looking at the couple. It was rare for them to see Richard acting all friendly with a girl. How they wished they could have kept staring.

Angela was so embarrassed. It was clear the four men had misunderstood the situation.

Richard did not care about what his subordinates thought though. His broad hands were gently untangling her hair from his belt. As the strands were wrapped tightly around the belt, one mistake and she would be hurt.

“Are you done yet?” she awkwardly asked.

“Soon.” His fingers were unraveling her hair, one strand at a time.

She buried her face in her palms from the embarrassment. How could she look the others in the eye now?

Finally, her hair was free. As soon as she could move, she shot to her feet. Her hair tumbled wildly across her back, emphasizing the innocent beauty of her demure face.

“Trevor and the others must have mistaken what we were doing for something else. Can you clarify things to them?” she asked.

“Clarify what?” he said with a huff.

“Do you not want to clarify what happened?” She pursed her red lips together. She did not care what they thought, but she did not want his image and reputation to be ruined. He stood up and grabbed his laptop. “You were reading here.”

He then walked out of the room, leaving her all alone.

Watching him leave, her heart stopped pounding with anxiety the moment the door closed behind him. She felt like crying and laughing at the same time while a strange and sweet sort of giddy joy rose in her.

At that moment, all she wanted to know was if he found her annoying.

The moment Richard stepped into the meeting room, questions began flying his way. “How far have you and Miss Angela gone, Mr. Richard?” asked Trevor.

“Is she going to be your wife?” Jared asked.

Richard calmly looked at them and answered, “Mind your own business.”

“Stop asking. We will be the first to know if he has any happy news to share,” said Willy.

“Yeah, we are waiting for Richard’s wedding invitation.”

While listening to his subordinates, Richard did not intend to explain much. However, work-related matters were not occupying his brain right now. Instead, he kept rewinding what had happened on the couch earlier. He wondered if she always took the initiative to flirt with a man whenever she met one.

Just then, his phone rang. When he glanced at the number, he reached out to answer it, “Hello!”

“Richard, it’s me, Annie.” A shy girl’s voice sounded on the other end. “I miss you so much, so I asked your grandfather for your personal number. Did I disturb you?”

Richard stood up and walked toward the door of the conference room. When he got out, he responded, “I’m sorry, Miss Meyers. I’m currently on a mission. Let’s talk once I get back.”

“Why do you keep calling me Miss Meyers?! I’m your fiancée now! You can call me Ann or Annie.”

“It’s not a convenient time for me to talk now.”

“Oh! Is it? Are you very busy? Can I text you later? You don’t have to reply right away. You just have to reply to me when you have time. I really want to talk to you. This is my number. Please remember to save it!” Once Annie blurted out a string of sentences in her lovely voice, she confessed, “Richard, I like you and miss you very much.”

After that, she hung up the phone shyly.

Richard sighed. His marriage with Annie was not what he wanted. It was just that he did not manage to refuse the marriage in front of his grandfather the last time. He knew that once his current mission was over, he would return and cancel the engagement with Annie.

Besides, Annie was also Angela’s cousin.

Meanwhile, Angela did not sleep well last night. After reading a book for a while, she passed out on the couch.

Richard did not return to the conference room. He stood outside the door for a while, recalling that there was a document he forgot to take.

When he returned to the room and reached out to open the door, he saw the figure of a woman sleeping on the couch. She had nothing to keep her body warm. Since it was now the start of fall, it was very easy to catch a cold.

Richard grabbed a small blanket from his bed and draped it on top of her. Walking to the bookshelf, he tried looking for a file that had been placed there the night before.

After he picked up the file and was about to leave, he heard the groaning of a suffering woman.

Richard glanced at Angela, who was lying flat on the couch, only to see her frowning and a thin layer of sweat oozing from her forehead.

Was she having nightmares?

Richard crouched beside her and squinted his eyes to check on her.

At this moment, Angela fell into a nightmare. After her mother’s car accident, she started having nightmares frequently. Even during the day, nightmares would break into her dreams after she fell asleep.

Presently, she was running in a forest. There were gunshots from time to time. The drone hovering above her head gave her an infinite sense of oppression, as if there was this ardent killing intent that was entangled with her. Though she had run with all her might and panted violently, the murderous aura was still looming over her.

She ran and ran.

Just as she thought she was about to escape the fate of being hunted down and was out of the woods, she saw a row of men with their faces covered in front of her. They were pinning a man down with their hands. The man was wounded and pressed to the ground, and then she saw Richard’s face.

He was trampled on the back by a man with a gun pointed at his head. At the same time, the killer was laughing sinisterly at her.

The scene in the dream made Angela’s face cringe in pain while asleep. Her hands were clenched into fists, and she began to mumble, “Don’t kill him… Don’t kill him…”

Richard felt a strong tug at his heartstrings. What could she be dreaming about? She trembled as if she was suffering some kind of intense torture.

“Angela, wake up,” he called her gently, trying to wake her up from her dream.

At this moment, however, Angela’s trembling red lips called out a name, “Richard… Run! Run!”

After she was done speaking, her hands struggled to grasp onto something.

Richard’s big palm grabbed her hand in the next second, and his handsome face froze. Was he in her dreams?

Why would she tell him to run away? Was her pain caused by him?

At this moment, tears started pouring out of Angela’s eyes. She panted and pleaded, “Richard, please don’t die… I can’t let you die…”

Angela almost cried in her dream. She watched as the masked man held the gun at Richard, as if he was about to end the latter’s life at any moment. Angela stood there in pain and felt so helpless that she could only call out for help and cry.

However, she was not aware that in the real world, her painful appearance was being watched by a man on the spot. She grabbed his hand tightly and cried so much in the nightmare that she could not extricate herself.

Richard could not stand to see her being haunted by nightmares anymore, so he stretched out his other hand and patted her face. “Angela, wake up.”

There was a hint of coolness on the back of his hand, and it was her tears. Richard continued to pat her face until she finally woke up in pain.

The last scene before she woke up was a bloody one. She heard the gunshot, and even though she dared not open her eyes to see it, it was petrifying for her.

When she opened her eyes and saw the man beside the couch with tears in her eyes, she could hardly tell whether it was reality or a dream. Nevertheless, the first thing she did was wrap her arms around the man’s neck tightly, burying her whole face in his chest.

to make sure that

for a while. When he recalled that she cried

a nightmare,” he comforted her in a

senses now. It

not go away in her mind. She closed her eyes and simply rubbed her tears on

Angela turned away and covered her

fact, he did not find it funny at all. All he wanted to know was if he was that

gun on

after hearing that. Did she worry about him so much that she

not even

laugh,

with her fist out of anger and scolded, “Do you have any conscience? I’ve cried so

gaze on her seriously. With a deep voice, he reassured her, “Don’t

“Why?” Angela blinked.

self-confidence was

face. The confidence in his eyes was by no means false.

nightmare quickly dissipated after seeing his gaze. She believed that he would never turn her nightmare into a reality. He would always

her eyes lost the luster of the past. She was still sleepy, but she dared

you finished your work?” Angela

her a doubtful

I’m scared of having nightmares.

noticing and nodded, “Okay, I’ll stay here and finish my work. Get

Can I sleep on your bed? The couch

occupy his time,

request. Raising his brows, he agreed,

and fell into Richard’s arms. Seeing that, he

so hard?!” Angela

her to get up. Angela walked over to his huge and tidy bed that was filled with masculinity.

then looked at the man sitting on the couch. Although it was merely the back of his head, she thought he was good-looking. No man had ever attracted her with the back of

more glances at him, she felt her eyelids getting heavy, and she soon

she read earlier and noticed that she had folded the edge

at Angela, who was sleeping on her side. She was probably so

his phone, he dialed Trevor’s number and ordered, in a low voice, “Bring my laptop

and brought the laptop in after a while. Just as he pushed the door and intended to step in, he saw Richard bringing his finger up to his lips in an attempt to tell him to stay

he saw Angela lying on Richard’s bed. Suddenly, he understood something. Smiling subtly, he tip-toed into the room and left the laptop on the coffee table. After that, he leaned over

“Don’t talk nonsense after

admit it? Anyway, he

on the sofa, Angela switched various sleeping positions on the bed. She slept on her belly,

opened her eyes to find that Richard was still working

Angela’s mischievous side. She wanted to make fun

eyes and deliberately pretended to

the couch and the sounds of footsteps scooting over to her bed. Now, she felt that a man was standing beside

grab something, and soon a big palm held her tightly. She immediately leaned over, as if she lacked a sense

but open her eyes slightly. Soon, a triumphant smile appeared

be frank, he already found out that she was awake after she made grabby

her acting skills, he uttered, “Get up already if you’re

act, she opened her eyes and whined like a child. “Captain Lloyd, my

and charming girl on the bed. He could have ignored her, but involuntarily, he stretched out his hand to hold

smiled happily like a child, and her beautiful

washing up in her own room, she came to the cafeteria. Everyone had finished eating around this time. Richard sat at the table

way!” Trevor happily waved to

sat down beside them after choosing her menu. Suddenly, she felt something off from the four pairs of eyes currently staring at her.

just admiring their captain’s

to go for a walk after dinner? I’ll take you to a place that’s great

thinking he was digging his own grave! How dare he flirt

do at night, she

the rocky mountain. I can take you there.” Sean was not afraid of death,

plate gracefully, as if he hadn’t

tonight? Why don’t we go together?” Angela thought it would be more fun if

three looked at each other

was deliberately asking Angela out, and at the

together!” Jared said to

raised

working for the whole afternoon. Just come and

remind us that work-life balance is important! Come

time. “Okay! Let’s meet at the

hoped

with a flashlight. Trevor also prepared some drinks. They were all set for their stargazing

the forest at night, so she was excited. While her long hair hung loosely on her shoulders, she wore light-gray sportswear with long sleeves and trousers, as

walk in front of Richard, while Trevor and Jared explored

of trees could be seen everywhere, making the whole mountain a

who was behind her, immediately grabbed her

at each other knowingly and smiled. They were

path and admire the peculiar rocks at night. There was also a little fountain nearby, accompanied by the lively sound of frogs. Eventually, they arrived at the top of the hill. The tiled stones were suitable for lying

his hand to pull her up, while the others lay down on the other rocks and started chatting about the fun

at the starry sky, and listened to their interesting stories. Compared with their colorful lives, Angela’s life had been a regular growth process since

she passed the eighth grade; she was not a dancer, but she had great dance skills. Her

her redemption. However, he turned out to be

life so tiring? Doing what she wanted

a program to write,” Sean suddenly said

I have some work to

Meyers to watch the stars!”

look at the stars?” Angela shouted

the Captain accompany you! It’s time for us to get back to work,”

people disappeared at the corner of

silent as the cool

that Trevor and the rest weren’t trying to stargaze at all! They were just deliberately creating an opportunity for her and Richard

had misunderstood. They thought the two of them were together, so they

the man beside her and noticed that he seemed unconcerned about this matter at all as he stared at the distant starry night sky;

this. Why should she bother?

this point, her neck was a little sore from sitting and looking up at the stars,

starry sky, it seemed like all the worries in her mind had

she looked at the man’s straight back, wild thoughts popped up in her mind; Would

he like her, even a

his watch and said to

she still wanted

temperature and did not want her to catch a cold, so

Angela hurriedly answered; she liked the feeling of being alone with him under the stars. Even if he

on the rock reluctantly. At this moment, she was half a body taller than him. It was a

some people didn’t have to do anything but stand there to make people’s hearts skip a

silent like a statue under the moonlight. His features had just the right amount of manliness; instead of having a pair of upturned eyes that would make him popular among the ladies, his eyes were narrow and long, while his gaze was

a sexy ascetic aura. The more serious he was, the more women desired

his abstinence and see

had the

reasonable if a man were to have imaginations

to realize that she was the one having

down?” Angela opened her arms, and an idea popped up in

gaze when he heard her; there was no hint of impatience in his

meant…carry…” She pursed her red lips and looked

it was hard to see Richard’s expression, but Angela felt that his handsome face was covered by shadows,

made this request, she began to regret it a little as she figured she would suffer the

after a long time, she tried to come up with an excuse

for somewhere to place her feet. After

moment, a large palm wrapped around her

guard. Then, her thin arms instinctively wrapped around his neck as she buried her

against the man’s neck, causing his body

second, she was lowered onto the ground. Unfortunately, because of the uneven ground, she stepped directly onto a protruding

reached out and wrapped his arms around her, preventing her

closed; when he lowered his head as she raised hers, their faces were no more than

thought about how unreal this was. She was reluctant to push him away but

as they stared into each other’s eyes as a hint of anticipation hung in the air.

considering whether she should pick up the courage and kiss

wind blew mercilessly at this time, messing up her long hair and making her

moonlight, the man’s sharp gaze fell onto her face.

before pressing her lips to his. Almost instantly, she removed herself, took off, and ran, looking like a runaway rabbit. But because this was a rocky hilltop,

cry as she

embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and hide. This was a really horrible ending

you run?” He scolded in

blushing. “If I don’t, won’t I just be waiting to

he moved on to check her foot with a flashlight. Luckily, she

that she had offended him again. She was so embarrassed that she couldn’t even look at him. It was said that it would be easier for women to

it was the other way around for them? Did she have to chase

foot is fine. Can you walk?” Richard asked seriously. Then, he noticed that her shoelaces were untied and placed the

who had her head turned, looked back and down at the man gently tying her shoelace. He clearly cared about her and took care of her in everything he

not know that everything he was doing was making

indicating that he had received a text. Then, he stretched out his hand and took his phone to check.

this phone was considered important

message, it was a series of texts from Annie. Immediately, he

out her neck curiously to take a look. She wanted

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