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

to have their own moment. On

they arrived at Eliana’s apartment

Eliana looked out of the

a

As soon as she finished her words, she unfastened her seatbelt and got out

Eliana, was surprised to see that

outside the car, waving goodbye to

way,” she said with a

Maurice put the gift

felt a stab

went upstairs, he couldn’t help but stare at her receding back until he saw her disappear into the

late at night, and the street was quiet except for the sound of crickets chirping. Maurice leaned against the seat, recalling the

by the

was a

What an annoying woman!

picked up the phone. As soon as he answered the call,

my uncle did make a mistake, how

of his hands. It’s a small price for provoking me. Tell him

those words, Maurice curtly hung

visiting her uncle Kelvin in the hospital. Fuming at how abruptly Maurice had hung up on her, she tightened

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

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