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.

her to be with him in this life,

about to shake off the coat when a warning voice sounded above her head,

looked up in fright to see him staring at her expressionlessly as if he would punish

what is the meaning of this? I won’t be your wife in the future, so why do you care what I

face of this provocative and alluring face, his calmness was now mixed with a sense of annoyance. This woman

black eyes and was inexplicably frightened. For the first time, he was looking at her with this severe and oppressive

stop teasing you now. I’m leaving.” She decided to take her leave before things

with the basin in between them. His face was sullen as he draped the coat over her again

it,” he

She had already rejected his offer, but the man clearly didn’t care about

she could only leave with

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 aura of an extravagant

coat.” She handed him his

door with a bang, startling her. As

not be able to find a girlfriend

classroom that was teaching kickboxing. She stood in front of the window curiously and watched for

arrival made several young boys who were practicing shy and careless. One of them

saw this, she couldn’t help but stifle a giggle as she covered her mouth. This made the boy who was beaten scratch his head in embarrassment

man in his early

have time? I also want to pick up some self-defense,” she

and nodded. “Of course, I have time. As long as Miss Meyers is keen on learning, I can teach you some

Thank you so much,” she thanked him

and we’ll see how good your

Dwayne, adeptly clasped her hand, stood behind her, and wrapped his arms around her, saying, “Think of a way to fight back if

such close contact, and the trainees on the side

happened to pass by the window, and when he heard the sound, he hurriedly glanced over. The sight stunned him because he saw Mr. Dwayne hug Angela from behind

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 Richard as

boxing training with Mr. Dwayne. Please take a look.” Trevor showed Richard the video of Angela

fun, and when he

believe it would be more appropriate for you

suggestion; Angela must have had a lot of

over Mr. Dwayne’s job! This is something you should do. I’m worried Mr. Dwayne will injure Miss Meyers if

slender arms and legs, she will have to rest for a

in?” Richard

the

and walked out. Trevor and Jared trailed behind him to watch the fun as well. They were looking forward to seeing how Richie would

Angela cry and moan as if she was being tortured. As a result, his brow furrowed,

the training room, Mr. Dwayne had trapped her arms and waist while he coached her on methods to

across his face. He was aware that close contact was required for this type of self-defense technique,

“Mr. Richard,” someone greeted.

Richard approaching, he immediately released

out of breath as this self-defense technique was challenging. She was already

let’s continue,” she said, looking at

to resume his training when he was met

and exclaimed, “Oh! I have another meeting to attend. Miss Meyers, I won’t be able to train you, so

There were some scandals involving Angela and

training coach, Dwayne was naturally able to read

while rubbing her aching arm, “Captain

you as long as you want

that Mr. Dwayne had just taught her. This is an excellent opportunity for revenge. I’m

on then! Teach me some moves.” Angela was eagerly welcoming him. She was

around at the trainees who were enjoying themselves as they watched the scene play

to watch Angela’s training but

and Jared didn’t stay long,

and felt powerless. “Captain Lloyd, where should we start?” she inquired of the man before

as Richard circled her, and all of a sudden, her slender neck was bound by

which caused her to feel pressured as her brain screamed that things were

Angela inhaled deeply,

Richard said softly into her ear, his

Mr. Dwayne had just taught her, then raised her elbows to attack Richard’s temples. Unfortunately, her move only worked for Mr. Dwayne, and did not work for Richard, who

if she tiptoed and threw his elbow from the side of his profile, it would only be to the point of touching it and would cause him

had to face a man with ill intentions who was as tall as

Richard’s arms, but his sturdy arm around

after recalling Mr. Dwayne’s explanation of the entire set of self-defense techniques, Angela exclaimed, “I can use any method,

“Yeah,” Richard hummed quietly.

of his instep, but she missed

a result, Angela flushed with rage and attempted to remove him from her person, but his grip was too tight, and she couldn’t

left with only one option: headbutt

Angela didn’t manage to hit his chin, but it did hurt her neck. She couldn’t help but hiss, and Richard, who had been holding her

at him in frustration. She was as frail as an

have lightning-fast reflexes. So, let’s keep going.” He praised her with a curl

continue. Come on!” Angela clenched her teeth and arched her

When he was a few steps away from her, her breathing became rapid for a few minutes. Richard hugged her the next second, his strong arms wrapped

became tingly and numb all of a sudden. Is this

his body rendered her immobile. She was unable to portray disgust in front of

daydreaming for?” He inquired

as she regained consciousness. She struggled again, recalling what Mr. Dwayne had just taught her. She could jab the opponent’s eyes, throat, or lift her legs and kick his genitals by turning around and

on Richard because she couldn’t treat him

took a step back before staring at her with the seriousness of an invigilator. “What’s the matter with

practice

snorted when he saw her giving up so

hearing his harsh remarks, and she was annoyed that he looked down on her, so she lifted her chest and said, “Who said that? I just

a stone-cold face at all times,

not that I look down on you; you simply lack the ability.” Richard confronted

her beautiful eyes narrowing in

of facing a hundred enemies

as if she were being pushed into the mud by him. He was clearly looking down on her, which caused her to clench her fists tightly in response,

you suffer.” She clenched both her fists and took a

smirked as he looked at her pugilistic wonkery with his

learning self-defense,

lowered his arms and approached her. He maintained his previous posture by wrapping his arms around her waist and lowering his head.

the thick eyelashes suddenly dilated, and his usual calm and sobriety vanished

cunning gleamed in her eyes as she bent her knees, grabbed his neck, and kicked him in the most vulnerable

mercy. Because Richard looked down on her, she accumulated

great pain, and Angela’s curiosity got the best of her; she wanted to look at his reaction, but her

with his long arms despite his pain, but his body was unstable due

he held her in his arms to cushion

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

as she recalled

woman above him. In addition to the pain of being kicked,

were separated by merely two pieces of clothing, allowing his erection to be seen.

up,” Richard

her hands and feet were slow to react, and she sat up with

she lost her balance and sat back down once again, and her position was

she doing this on purpose? She blushed and looked at him, but she didn’t expect to meet his piercing gaze on her, as if he was about to burn her alive with his passionate

scurried away from his torso and sat cross-legged aside. When he got to his feet, her lovely eyes

glared at her angrily. He was training her on self-defense, not teaching her

will only suffer if you don’t train

I want Mr. Dwayne to train me.” Angela despised his coaching. How could she possibly

she hold Richard, who was far too charismatic for his own good, responsible

the training if you don’t want to learn,” he responded frigidly; his face had an inexplicably

built for combat training. After only half a

a hand,” she demanded as

“Uh… Did I hurt you just now?” Angela asked awkwardly with

she had learned nothing but seduction and even played this

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

looked at her; she was undoubtedly

be careful as well! Don’t be blinded by

to be concerned in this regard because no

of course, was the sole

when she felt a pain in her

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

approached her, gripped her wrist, and massaged her shoulder joints gently. Her joints appeared to be fine, but her tendons were most likely

days of rest,” Richard said

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

interesting?”

said, rubbing her aching head and

her response, and his silence was clearly

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

the back door of the base. When the car door opened, a young man and woman emerged. The man was dressed fashionably, and the woman was in an extremely sexy tight skirt; they

we going to stay here?” the woman

Please adhere to all the rules implemented for your own safety. We will notify you once both of you are both safe,”

your fault,” Ariel said, biting her

okay. We’ll take refuge here for a while to avoid the

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

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

looks safe here, so relax!” Carlton reassured

couldn’t wait to

appeared from afar in

turned around, she saw two men