Feeling inexplicably flustered, Eliana subconsciously raised her hand to cover Maurice’s eyes.

“Stop looking…”

At that moment, Maurice was hopelessly immersed in the agonizing memories of his past. But Eliana’s voice was like a lifeline, pulling him back to reality and saving him from drowning in his pain.

Was she worried about him?

Maurice pulled her hand away from his eyes and pretended to be calm. “I’m not scared.”

Eliana pursed her lips. How stubborn was this man? Did he think that she was blind? He had no idea how bad he looked just now!

However, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for him.

Instead of exposing his lie, she said, “You’re not scared, but I am.”

As she spoke, she moved closer to him, and threw her arms around Maurice.

At such a close distance, she could clearly see the truth: Maurice’s face was ghastly pale.

He was just pretending to be tough.

Overwhelmed by the need to comfort him, Eliana hugged him tightly and continued, “I’m a little scared. Maurice, can you just let me hug you for a while?”

in his arms, as if he was clutching at the last piece of driftwood. The warmth of her skin and the scent drifting from her neck finally helped relax

gone to watch a horror movie, but the two of them seemed to have their own

arrived at Eliana’s apartment

of the

a good time today. I’ll

she didn’t dare to meet Maurice’s eyes, and her whole face was flushed red. As soon as she finished her

who had just taken out a gift box to give to Eliana, was surprised to

eyes, he saw her standing outside the car, waving goodbye to him through the

on the way,”

in a stunned silence, Maurice put the gift

felt

help but stare at

quiet except for the sound of crickets chirping. Maurice leaned

interrupted by the sound of his

was a call from

What an annoying woman!

soon as he answered the

did make a mistake, how could you do that

break one of his hands. It’s a small price for provoking me. Tell him that if he dares to do it next time, I won’t be so

those words, Maurice curtly

uncle Kelvin in the hospital. Fuming at how abruptly Maurice had hung

was obviously acting like this because he didn’t take her and the Stone Group seriously

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