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CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

作者: Treyl
last update 最終更新日: 2025-03-24 20:14:42

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JOANA'S POV

“Shit!!!”

The heavens were really against me today. Why did my car break down all day?

Where the heck was I going to hail a cab? I dragged myself to the front of my estate to find the maids I hired to clean up the mess drooling over something or someone.

I peeked over to find Clinton standing close to his car, looking handsome. Even if I hated him, I couldn't deny his handsomeness.

“Damsel in distress?!”

He yelled out; the maids turned to see me and squabbled back to their work.

I cursed the heavens under my breath for putting me in this situation.

“Is the car ride offer still on?” I asked softly, but barely over a whisper; I hated the fact that he always caught me in my awkward and embarrassing moments.

“Always open,” he opened the car door for me, I sheepishly entered the car, and I made a mental note to myself to get a new car after this.

If one car messed up, the other wouldn't.

I buckled up before he would try to recreate any shifty romanti
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