Never Too Far Novel

Richard stared at her with deep eyes. He knew why Angela’s attitude had changed. He knew that last night’s rejection made her keep a distance from him.

“You don’t have to worry about what you said last night.” He frowned, obviously not liking her politeness.

She blinked at him as she pulled her long hair that had been scattered on the side of her chest back. Her hair was as black as ink, making her small face extremely fair. Even her ears were fair and delicate.

“I should be the one apologizing, Captain Lloyd. I’ve not been sensible. I kept bothering you. Please don’t take it to heart. I know how to behave from now on, and I will not offend you again,” Angela said sincerely; she had figured out last night that feelings couldn’t be forced.

Richard’s face turned a little gloomy for some reason, and he turned around, ready to leave.

She watched his back with a bit of disappointment in her heart. Just as she was about to fall into a trance, he turned around and stared right at her with his dark eyes.

Angela did not get to withdraw her gaze in time and quickly lowered her head in a panic to avoid his.

“We’ll go back together,” he ordered.

When she heard his commanding tone, she stood up reluctantly, walked past him, and took the lead to head back.

For a while, she only focused on walking when a forked branch suddenly caught a strand of her hair.

“Ah…” She let out a cry in pain and quickly turned her head to see that she had hooked her hair onto a branch. So, she reached out to untangle it.

Richard, who was behind, picked up his speed. Just as he was about to help her, she stopped him.

“Captain Lloyd, we shouldn’t be too close. I can do it.”

His hand stopped abruptly in the air for a few seconds before he retracted it.

Angela held the branch and slowly pulled her hair out, bit by bit. Once she was done, she looked at the man standing beside her like a statue and pursed her red lips.

“You can go first! I’ll take my time.”

Once he heard her suggestion, he walked past her and actually left.

As for Angela, she slowly took her time to return to the base. The moment she arrived, she went to her room to wash her face before coming out. Trevor had already brought her breakfast.

“Thank you, Trevor. You’re so nice to me.” She was genuinely grateful.

“Miss Meyers, all of us, including our Captain, are very nice to you.” He did not forget to sing praises about his captain to leave a good impression.

Although she was caught off guard for a moment, she nodded. “Yeah, you’re all very kind to me. Also, did you find that lipstick?”

“Not yet,” he answered truthfully.

“I really hope you find it soon, so I won’t have to trouble you to protect me,” she wished aloud.

“In due time, Miss Meyers. Please be patient,” Trevor comforted her.

“Thank you.” And with that, she headed back into her room with her breakfast.

Once she was done, she took her dishes to the kitchen and passed the cafe. Then, she decided to make five cups of coffee and brought them on a large tray to the meeting room where Trevor and the rest worked.

After she knocked on the door, she pushed it open and went in, only to see Richard sitting on the main chair while the four surrounded him.

“I made you guys coffee.” Angela smiled, acting like their assistant who was hard at work.

The other four were a little flattered as they hurriedly got up and took the coffee cups from her. Finally, she put the last cup in front of Richard. “Captain Lloyd, here’s your coffee.”

“Thanks,” he answered dispassionately.

“Miss Meyers, it smells delicious! Your coffee-making skills are amazing,” Sean praised.

” I learned how to make coffee abroad; I hope you guys don’t mind. If you like my coffee, I’ll make it for you every day in the future.” Angela had decided to take the initiative to find something to do to make her days more productive.

“That would be our honor,” Sean said with a smile.

She, too, beamed back at him. “I won’t bother you any longer.”

After she left, Sean was still in a trance, watching her walk away. At this moment, Richard let out a light cough, and Sean was quickly brought back to his senses, not daring to take another look.

As Richard sipped on his coffee and realized that his other subordinates had it too, he suddenly felt that the cup of coffee in his hand wasn’t nice anymore.

Angela’s coffee-making skills were excellent. Now, this mellow coffee wasn’t limited to his tastebuds anymore.

As Angela was busy cleaning her room, Trevor handed her an iPad, telling her she could pass the time by downloading as many movies as she wanted.

This made her think that he was really considerate; although he looked unbothered, he was actually very thoughtful.

“Thank you, Trevor.”

“No problem. Just make us some coffee whenever you’re free.”

“Okay. As long as I’m here, I’ll make all of you coffee every morning,” Angela said with a smile.

With movies to pass the time, she did not have to go into Richard’s room to borrow books. This also allowed her to avoid bumping into him. With that thought in mind, she decided to catch up on a drama.

She indulged herself in a love story the whole morning, watching the beautiful love unfold between the characters and their happy ending. For some reason, she felt a little discomfort in her heart.

Love that felt good was only in movies. Even if the hero and heroine suffered all kinds of torture, pain, and separation, they would always have a happy ending. They would walk away into the sunset and live happily ever after.

She hugged her arms and buried her head as she thought of this. In reality, the relationship between men and women had no set script. People who weren’t meant to be would never be together.

After that, she decided to stop watching romance movies, fearing it might accidentally hurt her aching heart again.

In the evening, Angela decided to take a bath. As the public bathhouses were mostly for men, it wasn’t very convenient for her to do so there. So, she had no choice but to head toward Richard’s room.

When she went to pick out her pajamas, she realized that all but one silk pajama had been sent for washing. It was a long dress she had not worn because of its inconvenience.

But tonight, she had no choice but to wear that.

In fact, this nightgown was made of lace. Although it was just a long dress, it had the design of pajamas. Angela decided that she was just going to wear it.

Then, she knocked on Richard’s door with her clothes in her arms.

“Come in,” a male voice called out from inside.

Angela pushed the door in and saw him sitting on the sofa, reading, with a book in his hand. He was obviously done with his work and was relaxing.

“I want to take a bath. Am I bothering you?” She looked at him with bright eyes.

“No.” He raised his head to reply to her but soon lowered it to continue his reading.

At this moment, she felt their interactions weren’t as casual as before. Instead, it felt a little awkward and restrained. Despite that, she brushed it aside, closed the door, and walked to his bathroom.

Soon, the sound of water followed and disrupted Richard, who was reading outside.

He closed his book directly as his long fingers reflexively caressed his lips. His eyes were unfocused as he was lost in thought.

More than 10 minutes later, the bathroom door opened, and Angela stepped out in her silk pajamas. Her long wet hair hung around her ears loosely, and her little face was a little pink. This whole scene looked a little amorous.

When Richard turned his head to look at her, his pupils shrunk. Was this woman going to wear this?

She didn’t know what he thought as she held a basin with her dirty clothes in her hands, then she glanced at the man on the sofa and announced, “I’ll get going now.”

“Wait.” The man stopped her in a low voice.

This made her pause in her steps as she turned to look at him. “What’s wrong?”

“Don’t you have anything else to wear?” He questioned in a slightly angry tone.

Angela looked down at her pajamas and asked, “Is there something wrong with my pajamas?”

There was nothing wrong with it. It was just that this pajama provoked a specific sort of imagination.

The drapey fabric showed her graceful figure, and there was lace embroidery on the front of the dress, all colored in burgundy. Although the hem of the dress was up to her knees, the nightgown was held together by a belt, which would make people wonder what was under it

Richard reached out, picked up a camouflage coat from his sofa, walked over, handed it to Angela, and commanded, “Put it on and go back into your room.”

When she saw the coat, she realized he wanted her to go out conservatively, but she did not think it was necessary.

“There’s no need for that, thank you.” She shook her head as she held onto the basin before turning to leave.

Just as she took two steps, her shoulders were grasped by him as he draped the oversized coat over her, forcibly covering her up.

This made her a little frustrated; this man was too overbearing!

“I said, it’s okay.” Nevertheless, Angela refused to accept his care, probably because she still had some resentment in her heart toward him.

for her to be with him in this life, so why did he care about how

off the coat when a warning voice sounded above her head, “I dare you to try and take it

at her expressionlessly as if he would punish

a little angry. She took off the coat in front of him and threw it on the sofa before she said, “Captain Lloyd, what is the meaning of this? I won’t be your wife in the future, so why do you care what I look like and who

matter how calm Richard was, in the face of this provocative and alluring face, his calmness was now mixed with a sense of annoyance.

his pair of dangerous black eyes and was inexplicably frightened. For the first time, he was looking at her

to take her leave

the basin in between them. His face was sullen as he draped the coat over her again without saying a word. The coat was so enormous that it was up to her knees, wrapping her slender body

he

had already rejected his offer, but the man clearly didn’t care about her opinions and made

could only

Angela changed out of her clothes and intended to return his jacket. When she knocked on the door, someone opened it, and that person was Richard. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, radiating the

She handed him his

door with a bang, startling her. As she stood outside the

kind of man might not be able

She stood in front of the window curiously and watched for a while. Then, she decided to walk in through the

arrival made several young boys who were practicing shy and careless. One of them couldn’t dodge

This made the boy who was beaten scratch his head in embarrassment but did not dare to

you’re here,” Dwayne, a man in his early thirties, came over to greet

also want to

to teach her when he heard this and nodded. “Of course, I have time. As long as Miss Meyers is keen

Thank you so much,” she

moves right now, and we’ll see how good your

tried combat sports before and appeared a little clumsy. However, her coach, Mr. Dwayne, adeptly clasped her hand, stood behind her, and wrapped his

didn’t feel restrained because of such close contact, and the trainees on the side were enthralled

heard the sound, he hurriedly glanced over. The sight stunned him because he saw Mr. Dwayne hug Angela from behind on her waist before pressing

Mr. Dwayne was clearly teaching boxing, Trevor thought this was inappropriate! After secretly recording the scene for over ten seconds, he dashed toward the conference room. He rushed in front of

Meyers is having boxing training with Mr. Dwayne. Please take a look.” Trevor showed Richard the video of Angela being pressed against her shoulder while Mr. Dwayne knelt on one knee on

a while, Jared joined in on the fun, and

be more appropriate for

Angela must have had

something you should do. I’m worried Mr. Dwayne will injure Miss Meyers if he uses

If Miss Meyers sprains her slender arms and legs, she

in?” Richard asked, closing his

the north,” Trevor

open the door, and walked out. Trevor and Jared trailed behind him to watch the fun as well.

if she was being tortured. As a result, his brow furrowed,

trapped her arms and waist while he coached

of displeasure flashed across his face. He was aware that close contact was

“Mr. Richard,” someone greeted.

he immediately released

this self-defense technique was challenging. She was already perspiring after

Dwayne, let’s continue,” she said, looking at Richard,

to resume his training when he was

he looked at his watch and exclaimed, “Oh! I have another meeting to attend. Miss Meyers, I won’t be

away after speaking. There were some scandals involving Angela and Richard in

was naturally able to read

Dwayne leaving, she asked while rubbing her aching

teach you as long as you want to learn,” Richard said as he

smiled, remembering the tricks that Mr. Dwayne had just taught her. This is an excellent opportunity for revenge. I’m

me some moves.” Angela was eagerly welcoming him. She was willing to learn if he wanted to

they watched the scene play before them. “Sorry, Richard wants to teach in private, so please leave,”

to watch Angela’s training but

stay long,

felt powerless. “Captain Lloyd, where should

slightly as Richard circled her, and all of a sudden, her slender neck was bound by his strong arms. She felt an intense pressure on her

didn’t expect him to start off with a spar, which caused her

Richard?” Angela inhaled deeply,

with any trick you can think of,” Richard said softly into her

recalling what Mr. Dwayne had just taught her, then raised her elbows to attack Richard’s

profile, it would only

if she had to face a man with ill intentions

such, she struggled in Richard’s arms, but

so after recalling Mr. Dwayne’s explanation of the entire set of self-defense

“Yeah,” Richard hummed quietly.

her feet to step on the back of his instep, but she missed as

a result, Angela flushed with rage and attempted to remove him from her person, but his grip was too tight,

with only one option:

hit his chin, but it did hurt her neck. She couldn’t help but

in

let’s keep going.” He

Angela clenched her

tried a different approach. He made his way toward Angela. When he was a few steps away from her, her breathing became rapid for a few minutes. Richard hugged her the next second,

numb all of a sudden. Is this the feeling of

unable to portray disgust in front of him. On the contrary, his minty, cool-smelling hormone caused her senses

are you daydreaming for?” He inquired in a deep

what Mr. Dwayne had just taught her. She could jab the opponent’s eyes, throat, or lift

want to use these methods on Richard because she

noticed her hesitance, so he let go of her and took a step back before staring at her with the seriousness of an invigilator. “What’s the

to practice anymore.” She sighed

give up so easily,” he snorted when he

annoyed that he looked down on her,

for having a stone-cold face at all times, he couldn’t help but laugh when he

on you; you simply lack the ability.” Richard confronted

lip in displeasure, her beautiful eyes narrowing in displeasure. “Are you

hundred enemies like you,” he

pushed into the mud by him. He was clearly looking down on

make you suffer.” She clenched both her fists and took a step forward before getting

as he looked at her pugilistic wonkery with his

Angela remembered that she was learning self-defense,

and approached her. He maintained his previous posture by wrapping his arms around her waist and lowering his head. Finally, she wrapped her arms around his neck and purposefully brushed her soft lips against his

suddenly dilated, and his usual calm and sobriety vanished in an

in her eyes as she bent her knees, grabbed his

no mercy. Because Richard looked down on her, she

the best of her; she wanted to look at his reaction, but

with his long arms despite his pain,

of them fell in three seconds, and he held her in his arms to cushion

lying on top of Richard. He had one arm around her waist and the other palm on

she recalled how much power she had placed in that

above him. In addition to the pain of being kicked, he felt an uncontrollable fiery

and they were separated by merely two pieces of clothing, allowing his erection to be seen. The moment she noticed his condition, her

Richard ordered

wanted to get up as well! On the other hand, her hands and feet

back down once again, and her position

this on purpose? She blushed and looked at him, but she didn’t expect to

and sat cross-legged aside. When he got to his feet, her lovely eyes darted around in a panic, not forgetting to glance at the body part she had

at her angrily. He was training her on self-defense, not teaching her to seduce the opponent with her beauty. That trick of hers was a double-edged

you don’t train properly,” Richard warned

to train me.” Angela despised his coaching. How could she

who was far too charismatic for his own good, responsible

you don’t want to learn,” he responded frigidly; his face had an inexplicably gloomy and ugly

realization that she was not built for combat training. After only half a day of training, her muscles were aching all over

she demanded as

her hand and pulled her up. “Uh… Did I hurt you just

learned nothing but seduction and even played this trick

have a reaction, it means you’re not hurt,” Angela snickered,

as he looked at

as well!

to be concerned in this

of course, was the

about to move her arm when she felt a pain in her shoulder blade, which caused her to hiss.

arm that he had grabbed tightly in a hurry. Therefore,

me take a look.” He approached her, gripped her wrist, and massaged her

after a few days of rest,”

her head, her gaze wandering. Out of the blue, he

so interesting?” he

me,” she said, rubbing her

response, and his silence was clearly a dubious

turned around and left the room. She was always in a bad mood when she was with

drove in through the back door of the base. When the car door opened, a young man and woman emerged. The man

going to stay here?” the woman

for the time being, Ariel, Carlton. Please adhere to all the rules implemented for your own safety. We will notify you once both of you are both safe,” a man warned them sternly before leading them to

her lip and

helpless and coaxed her, “Okay, okay. We’ll take refuge here for a while to avoid the

their performance, but they inadvertently filmed an international gang’s arms trade, which the gangsters later discovered and were hunting down the duo. They had no choice but to flee back home to hide from the gangsters, which

is safe, otherwise, we’ll be dead.” Ariel still trembled when she remembered the incident where

safe here, so relax!” Carlton reassured

After settling down, Ariel couldn’t wait to visit the location, so she went outside and looked

from

to the figures, and when she turned around, she saw two men walking in the flower field while talking,