Rowan said, “If you’re worried, you can seek your parents or Ryan’s opinions and ask them whether you should accept my invitation.”Since he had already said this and had a rather sincere attitude, Nora could not turn him down. “Tell me where we’ll be eating, then.”Rowan let her know the location. It was a restaurant near her company, and she only had to walk there. Rowan was quite considerate in this regard. Therefore, Nora went to meet Rowan during her lunch break. She ran into Julian and Nathan, who was back from running an errand, in the lobby on the first floor. Nora silently walked past them with her head lowered. Her relationship with Julian had been very tense lately, so she figured that it was better for her not to provoke him.Unexpectedly, she received a phone call from Julian as soon as she left the building. His tone sounded very indifferent as he asked, “Where are you going?”Nora replied nonchalantly, “Out for lunch.”He asked again, “With whom?”Nora felt that
When something happened, he could only protect Nora as her brother’s best friend and not as her boyfriend or her man. Rowan laughed and said, “Mr. Julian, why don’t you have lunch with us, and you can think of it as you helping Ryan to protect her?”Nora, who was aside, could not stand their confrontation, and she did not want Julian to eat with them. It was already very awkward for her to eat with Rowan, so she felt that she would suffer from indigestion during this meal if they ate together. Therefore, she spoke up to break their stalemate. “Both of you should stop talking so sarcastically.”She then looked at Julian and smiled faintly as she said, “Thank you for your concern, Mr. Julian, but I believe that Mr. Rowan will not make things difficult for me. You should go and have your meal elsewhere since it’s lunchtime.”Nora finally came up with a title that was neither too embarrassing nor uncomfortable for her to call Rowan: Mr. Rowan. Julian’s expression instantly turne
“Why don’t you ask your boyfriend out for dinner together sometime?”Nora was instantly embarrassed. She had just had dinner with Ryan, and Rowan was inviting her for dinner with Jason again. Jason and her did not have any intentions to meet up initially, but they had been meeting so often lately. Firstly, she went to Maton Mansion for dinner that day, and Ryan then invited them to have dinner. Now, Rowan was inviting them to have dinner again. Rowan was a little disappointed to see her expression. “What’s wrong? Is it because you don’t want your boyfriend to meet an incompetent brother like me?”Rowan was a man who was good at scheming. After a brief interaction with Nora, he could already tell that Nora had a kind and soft heart, so he deliberately made himself look pitiful so that she would be softhearted and agree to take her boyfriend to meet him for dinner. He wanted to meet the boy so that he could check him out and prevent her from getting hurt.“No, no…”Rowan looked
Julian’s attitude toward Jason had not really improved lately because of Nora. He saw Jason as a love rival.If Jason was not his brother and was some other man, Julian would have already kicked him out of the picture. He would not have put up with all of Jason’s antics. When Jason came in, Julian was reading a book. He was wearing casual clothing and was half-leaning on the bed with his long legs crossed. He had just taken a shower, and he wore his hair casually. He looked handsome with his chiseled face and cold temperament. Jason could only sigh while lamenting Julian’s charm.However, Julian’s beautiful lips were pursed because he was in a bad mood. He seemed to be keeping his distance from Jason, as if they were strangers. “Julian, you look so elegant.”Jason walked over and smiled as he sat on Julian’s bed. Julian resisted the urge to kick Jason off and said, “Just spill if you have something to say. Otherwise, get lost.”Julian did not want to spend a single minute with
Could her apology return his heart to its former state of being free and fearless? Could the past between them be erased if she apologized? Could he pretend that she had never existed in his life if she apologized? Of course it was impossible!Julian felt that it was all her fault.If she hadn’t come to him and asked him to teach her to be in a relationship, would they have interacted for half a year then? Would his heart be in a mess because of her then?She was doing well now and could just leave in a carefree manner; she even got together with his brother. How could he not be angry? How could he still be nice to her?She was the one who started this game, so she had to bear the consequences of the game. He took the duffel bag in her hand without saying anything else, then he turned around to leave. Nora protested behind him, “Hey…” She was really unwilling to leave with him. She wanted to wait until Jason was done handling his matters before she would leave with him instea
Nora was once again hurt by his unforgiving tone and unreasonable words. Aggrieved, she slapped his hand that was pinching her chin as she blurted out angrily, “I’m Jason’s girlfriend now, but I’ll be staying in the same villa complex as you. Aren't you worried about what everyone will be thinking?”‘Is he so desperate to let others know that we used to be in a relationship? Is he so desperate to put the three of us in such an awkward situation?’Julian simply stared at Nora without saying a word after she had made such an emotional accusation. Nora could not see his emotions clearly because he was wearing a pair of sunglasses, but she assumed that he would not be in a good mood anyway. After a while, she wanted to look away due to the pressure from him when he slowly spoke up. “Peach Blossom Terrace is the most luxurious villa complex here. I deserve to stay here because of my identity and status. Meanwhile, you’re a lady. Is there anything wrong with me arranging for you to live
“Sob, sob...”“Nora, I’ll marry you. I’ll call your brother and your parents later and tell them about us!”Nora cried even harder. She did not know if she was crying because of the pain from her first time or because of his words. Her emotions were a complete mess, and he did not give her any extra time to think afterward. The room was in a mess, and it was accompanied by the sound of a girl who was crying, but it was unclear whether it was in pleasure or pain. The thin quilt was covering the man’s strong waist. This was abruptly interrupted by the sound of knocking and a voice sounding outside the door. “Julian? Julian, are you there?”The storm ended in the room. Nora, who was in Julian’s arms, was so frightened when she heard Jason’s words that she froze in Julian’s embrace and did not dare to move at all.Jason and the others must have arrived and were looking for them.When Jason did not get a response after knocking on Julian’s door, he knocked on the door of Nora’s
Perhaps it was because of his reputation as a womanizer or perhaps it was because he was too outstanding that she did not feel confident in front of him and did not believe him when he said that he wanted to marry her. When he said he wanted to marry her, it was probably just sweet talk when he was lost in the moment. Didn’t people say that men think with their lower bodies? When he said that he wanted to marry her just now, it must be a result of the desire of his nether regions overcoming his brain’s ability to think.If a marriage was built on such a foundation, the marriage would be precarious in its own right. She did not want her marriage to end up in divorce one day, just like her parents’ or her brother’s marriage. In that case, she would rather not get married at all.She acknowledged that her originally healthy view of marriage was shattered by her parents and her brother’s failed marriages, which caused her to think of the worst possible outcome, which was divorce, whene