NovelEnglishChapter 552
Staring back atwas Edward-his face cold and commanding.
‘It’s not Ryan... | really got the wrong person,’ | realized, stunned.
“It’s you...” | blurted out, startled, stumbling back.
Edward stared atcoldly, his eyes burning with fury. The next second, he grabbed my hand without hesitation
and draggedtoward a black van parked nearby. One of his bodyguards quietly brought my coat and purse
into the car.
| tried to resist, wanting to get out, but Edward leaned in and whispered harshly in my ear, “Victoria, is breaking
up really that hard for you? Do you have to treat yourself like this?”
“I'm not,” | denied quickly.
Edward let out a cold laugh. “You can’t even tellapart from Ryan, and you're still acting tough?”
The car started moving, and | didn’t dare try to jump out. | slumped back in my seat, staring straight
ahead.
“Were you followingagain?” | snapped, furious. Being watched like that just pissesoff.
Edward glanced out the window with a huff. “I was just worried about you.”
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“Don’t worry, I'm not going to do anything stupid,” | said with a bitter smile. “Don’t use that as an
excuse.”
Edward sighed. “I'm worried the Chamberlain Family might make things hard for you.”
That snappedout of my drunken haze. | turned to him, suddenly alert.
Edward was staring attoo, sizingup. Then, with a hint of annoyance, he turned to the window. “Look at
you now-like a woman scorned.”
| brushed my hair back and rubbed my aching head. “You mentioned the Chamberlain Family. Are they really
going to make trouble for me?”
Edward said flatly, “I hope I'm just overthinking it, but honestly, you winning over Ryan is basically a blow to the
Chamberlain Family's pride.”
My chest tightened, and | fell silent for a long time.
‘Turns out, slove is just too dangerous to touch,’ | thought bitterly.
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“So... do | need to leave Braylin?” | asked, my voice shaky. This was serious-my life was on the line, and |
couldn't afford to be careless.
“Where would you even go?” Edward raised an eyebrow, chuckling lightly. “Now you want to run? Yesterday, you
said you didn’t want to.”
My mind was a mess. Yesterday, he never said anything about running-just hiding. Honestly, that would freak
anyone out.
“Please, just letgo home. | need to talk to Ryan about this,” | said, trying to sober up-I really didn’t want to
do anything stupid right now.
“If you reach out to him now, it’s like striking a match to a fuse. It'll blow up into something much worse, you get
that?” Edward's cold voice snappedback to reality.
| just stared at him, totally blank.
He reached out and softly brushed his fingers across my chilly cheek. “Relax. You're not completely on
your own.”
| pushed his hand away. “I'm not stoy for you and Ryan to toss around whenever you feel like it.”
Edward actually laughed at that, like he found it really entertaining.
But | couldn't even force a smile. | just closed my eyes, plotting my escape.
“Victoria, the way you think doesn’t fit your age-there’s something about that contrast that’s really attractive,”
Edward suddenly leaned in and murmured in my ear.
| went stiff all over, my first instinct to shove him back.
But just as | tried to push him away, he leaned back at the stime-and with the car making a sudden turn,
my momentum sentstraight into his lap.
Both of us froze, caught off guard by the unexpected moment.
| found myself sprawled across his lap, completely mortified.
‘Drinking really messes everything up,’ | thought, swearing to myself that unless absolutely necessary,
I was done with alcohol.
| fumbled to sit up, but he made no move to help.
My arms felt weak, and it tooka while to finally sit up and lean back against the seat.
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“Since you're still thinking straight, Ill let it go that you just mistookfor Ryan,” Edward’s deep voice came
from beside me, cool and dismissive.
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