Chapter 169

“Easy on the sound, darling,” Simon chuckled, smirking. “We wouldn’t want anyone to barge into this room and find you naked, would we?”

Elena blushed, embarrassed for being so careless. She grabbed her bathrobe and held it tightly around her body, not caring that her wet hair was dripping on it.

“What are you doing here?” she asked, flustered. “Weren’t you supposed to be working? I thought you’d be gone for a long time.”

Simon nodded, thoughtful. “Yes, that was the original plan. But unfortunately, I had to leave earlier than I anticipated because some things didn’t go the way they should.”

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair before looking at her again with a slight grin on his lips. “I guess it just couldn’t be helped,” he added with a shrug of his broad shoulders. “And now that I am back, I thought I could pay a visit to you and check up on you.”

“And?” she questioned, curious to know the answer.

He hummed as if considering his response. “And it appears I’m glad I made the de