This was strange. Why was Maurice being so cooperative?

Was he stealing glances at her?

Eliana was skeptical. She walked over to Maurice and waved her hand in front of his face. In an instant, his hand caught hers.

“What’s this? You’re bold again after getting dressed?”

A hint of playfulness was in Maurice’s voice. He grasped Eliana’s hand and slowly approached her until her back hit the bookshelf.

“What are you doing?”

Maurice’s looming figure made Eliana feel a little shy and uneasy.

Maurice lowered his eyes and moved even closer to her. She could feel his warm breath as his beautiful lips almost pressed against her ear.

“I have to tell you that your clothes…”

Eliana became stiff and her eyes flickered back and forth in a panic. She felt like a small songbird cornered by a huge beast.

“I just remembered that I forgot to turn off the gas at my house. I have to go. As for the clothes… I’ll wash them and return them to you later.”

Eliana pushed Maurice out of her way, grabbed her things, and rushed out of the room.

Maurice paused. He was unsure if he should laugh or cry.

who

only wanted to tell her that she

door

it? Maybe you should watch where you’re

Eliana. He wondered why

didn’t even

Corbin wordlessly and hurried away like she was being

strange,” Corbin said as he walked into the office. “What happened? She

head

a ghost. She saw

eyebrows and gave Corbin a cold

Corbin shut up immediately.

expressionless, but his black

heart ached when he remembered pulling Eliana’s

pay for

Maurice’s words seemed to have chilled the room

earn Maurice’s ire.

do it

an efficient

spread around the internet that he had forced a female stylist to get into the pool to fetch the diamonds because he was too haughty to do

the formerly-popular

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