NovelEnglishChapter 131
Just as | started to hyperventilate, the door burst open, and Breanna led Alexander and Gai into the room.
I cried out in relief when | saw them.
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“I went right to your new workplace to get help after I left,” Breanna explained.
Alexander studied my pale face and anxious expression. “I can’t believe that asshole locked you in here,” he
said.
Then, he wrapped his warm arm around my shoulders and broughtclose to his side.
“You're shivering,” he muttered and soothingly rubbed my shoulder.
My lower lip trembled as | looked up at him. “Why can’t something good happen to me?”
“Something will,” he assuredas he ledout of the private room.
That was the final straw that shattered my grip on my emotions. My eyes burned with hot tears, and they flowed
down my cheeks. | tried to wipe them away so he wouldn't see, but more just kept coming. Soon, | was silently
sobbing into Alexander's side.
Like a gentleman, he coveredwith his suit jacket and ledquickly through the busy restaurant so that no
one would seecrying. He gave Gai his keys and instructed her to drive back his car to the office.
Then, he helpedinto the passenger seat of my car and then got into
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As he drove down the busy road, | collapsed into his side and continued to cry. Eventually, my overwhelming
emotions began to subside, and my salty tears finally stopped running down my cheeks.
Once | fully calmed down, | realized that | actually felt a little bit better. Sometimes, you just need to cry to get
all of your emotions out. It was cathartic in a way
My stomach swooped with horror when | realized that my face was pressed up against Alexander’s hard chest,
and my arm was wrapped tightly around his waist. I'd been using him as my own personal pillow.
| froze, and with each second that passed, my embarrassment grew. Should | move my arm immediately or
pretend to be asleep?
But Alexander must have noticed that | had stopped crying because his low chuckle filled the car, and he gently
patted my head.
“You're going to have to have dinner withbefore you cuddlelike that,” he teased.
My cheeks flushed, and | sat up straight and attempted to fix my unruly hair.
“Are you hungry?” he asked in his deep voice.
| nodded, not trusting my voice just yet.
Alexander took us to a fancy upscale bistro. It wasn’t crowded like the Myst Dining had been, and for that, | was
grateful. The server brought us to a private table in the back. After everything that happened in a short amount
of time, my nerves were shot, but | did my best to appear calm.
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Alexander ordered for both of us, which | preferred since | didn’t even know if | had the ability to speak right now.
| took a sip of my cool water glass, and my teeth were chattering so much that they knocked against the glass.
Alexander raised one of his eyebrows. “I don’t think the glass is edible here,” he joked.
His teasing made my cheeks go even more red. By now, | was pretty sure that they were an unattractive maroon
color.
Soon, our meals were served. My
eyes widened as | took in the large
seafood boil that Alexander fons
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food, but Alexander seemed
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because he kept servingthe
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“Thank you,” | kept muttering out of nervousness.
This was going to be a long meal.
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the other's plate. Soon, our dishes
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“Your laughter is a welcsound,” he said.
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