Celeste still hadn’t given Adrian a proper explanation for what happened last night, she figured this might be a good opportunity to explain to him and avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings
She nodded without hesitation. “Thank you, Mr. Wienford ”
“play” Adrian glanced at her indifferently before striding toward the front door.
Adrian hadn’t brought his driver with him the day before, so he had to dove himself to the company
Just as Celeste’s fingers closed around the rear door handle and she began to pull, his resonant voice cut through the quiet from the driver’s seat. “Sit up front.” Het grip tightened on the handle for a fleeting second, arrested by his command.
She looked up at his striking profile in disbelief; there was no trace of emotion aside from the indifference on his face.
With a quiet click, Celeste shut the rear door, then walked around to the front of the cat and settled into the passenger seat.
The vehicle moved smoothly along the serpentine descent of the hill.
Celeste’s eyes were fixed on the passing scenery, but her hands in her lap betrayed her inner turmoil, clenching into tight balls. Through gritted teeth, she forced out, “Mr. Wrenford, about last night my hair tie fell onto your balcony. I simply climbed over to retrieve it, but I found myself unable to get back”
Adrian’s hands on the steering wheel suddenly tightened. A cold smile curled at the comers of his lips. “So you decided to sleep
pin my room?”
Celeste whipped around in her seat, offering a hasty wave. “I had no idea it was your room!” she exclaimed. “I just thought it was one of the guest rooms —there’s a whole line of them after yours. That’s why I decided to sleep in ”
He shot her a sidelong glance and said casually, “You’ve got some nerve.”
Theireves met. She caught a flicker of amusement in his gaze.
“I had known it was your room, I definitely wouldn’t
Adrian cut her off before she could finish her words, “Don’t drink if you can’t hold your Liquor. You should be thandul that I was the man you ended up in a cOOIM. with last night.”
He was subtly suggesting that she’d been fortunate it was his room; the outcome could have been very different with another person, whether it was Damien or someone else.
She smiled slightly, though it camed a trace of bittemess. “Damien and I are married in name only. He wouldn’t lay a f
“You only think that because you don’t understand men.
Her body stiffened involuntarily at his words.
Achill ran down her spine when she turned and met his dark and brooding gaze.
She didn’t say anything further. Instead, she just smiled faintly and lowered her head.
lay a finger on me even if we were alone in a room
She might not understand all men, but she understood Damien all too well. His het lud always belonged to his first love. There wasn’t even a sliver of space lett for her, Otherwise, they wouldn’t have ended up like this
Instead of lerting Adnan drive her right to Aviso Tower, Celeste got out of the car a little ways before they arrived.
Given her recent lease from prison and the likelihood that Damien would love her watched since the orphanage, Celeste had reasons to believe that his people would be monitoring Aviso Tower.
Perhaps her time beland bars had instilled in her a newfound warness, making her more vigilant than before. She wouldn’t let anyone get hold of het so easily
Celeste received a call out as OR AS
soon as she got h
She had barely raised her phone to her ear what it’s anxious voler c
came through. “Celeste, we’ve found Eloise.”
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opportunity to explain to him and avoid any
Crieste still hadn’t given Adrian a proper explanation for what happened last night, she figured this might be a good oppo umunecessity misunderstandings
She nodded without hesitation. “Thank you, Mr. Wrenford “
“play.” Adrian glanced at her indifferently before striding toward the front door
Adten hadn’t brought his driver with him the day before, so he had to drive himself to the company.
Just as Celeste’s fingers closed around the rear door handle and she began to pull, his resonant voice cut through the quiet from the driver’s seat. “Sit up front. Her grip tightened on the handle tot a fleeting second, arrested by his command.
soked up at his smoking profile in disbeliet, there was no trace of emotion aside from the indifference on his face.
With a quiet click, Celeste shut the rear door, then walked around to the front of the car and settled into the passenger seat.
The vehicle moved smoothly along the serpentine descent of the hill
Celeste’s eyes were fixed on the passing scenery, but her hands in her lap betrayed her inner turmoil, clenching into tight balls. Through gritted teeth, she forced out, “Mr. Wrendord, about last night… my hair tie fell onto your balcony. I simply climbed over to retrieve it, but I found myself unable to get back.”
Adnan’s hands on the steering wheel suddenly tightened. A cold smile curled at the corners of his lips. “So you decided to sleep in my room?
Celeste whipped around in her seat, offering a hasty wave. “I had no idea it was your room!” she exclaimed. “I just thought it was one of the guest rooms–there’s a whole line of them after yours. That’s why I decided to sleep in.”
He shot bera sidelong glance and said casually, “You’ve got some nerve.
Theireres met. She caught a flicker of amusement in his gaze.
*II I had kohawn it was your room, I definitely wouldn’t
Adrian cut her off before she could finish her words. “Don’t drink if you can’t hold your liquor. You should be thankful with last night.”
I that I’v
was the man you ended up in a room
He was subtly suggesting that she’d been fortunate it was his room; the outcome could have been very different with another person, whether it was Damien or
someone else.
She smiled slightly, though it carried a trace of bittemess. “Damien and I are married in name only. He wouldn’t lay a finger on me even if we were alone in a room…
“You only think that because you don’t understand men.”
Her body stiffened involuntarily at his words.
Add ran down ber spine when she turned and met his dark and brooding gaze.
She didn’t say anything further Instead, she just smiled faintly and lowered her head
She might not understand all men, but she understood Damien all too well. His heart had always belonged to his first love. There wasn’t even a sliver of space left for her Otherwise, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Instead of letting Adrian drive her night to Aviso Tower, Celeste got out of the car a little ways before they arrived.
Given her recent release from prison and the likelihood that Damien would have her watched since the orphanage, Celeste had reasons to believe that his people would be moudrating Aviso Tourt.
Perhaps her time behind bars had instilled in her wound warness, making her more vigilant than before. She wouldn’t let anyone get hold of her so easily
Celeste received a call times as she got home
She had barely raised her phone to her ear when Annie’s anxious voice came through “Celeste, we’ve lound
Eloise.”
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