Semua Bab I wish it were you: Bab 1551 - Bab 1560

Maya smiled faintly and shook the bracelet on her wrist. “If you want it, come find me.”Liam caught the double meaning in her words.But he had no such intentions, nor did he want to get tangled up with this woman again.“Aren’t you getting married? Had a fight with your fiance again? Here to seek comfort from me?”The first time Maya had slept with him, it was because she had a falling out with her fiance.According to her, that man had no real feelings for her. The only reason he agreed to marry her was because of her father’s company. Their long-distance relationship had already fallen apart in everything but name.Although Maya never said it outright, Liam knew her fiance had probably cheated. That’s why she had acted out with him—a bit of revenge.But he hadn’t spoken to her in a long time. He had made it clear that there would be no more between them. If she was still playing the “revenge on the boyfriend” game, she’d better go find someone else.Maya shrugged. “We didn’t fight

Annabelle followed behind the butler, Uncle Wesley, and arrived at the estate’s parking lot.Her entire body was still tense. If she had a choice, she absolutely wouldn’t want this Uncle Wesley to drive her home.This man always gave her a very dark, unsettling feeling.But she hadn’t driven here herself, and the estate was deep in the suburbs. If she wanted to go home, she had no choice but to accept a ride from someone in Aron’s household.Uncle Wesley got into the driver’s seat and looked at her still standing outside the car. “Get in, Ms. Sanchez.”Annabelle took a breath to steady herself, opened the rear door, and got in.The car drove smoothly out of the estate, but her mind was still in chaos. She hadn’t figured anything out yet.Why had Kendrick messaged her pretending to be Aron and lured her here?There was no way he’d help Aron—had something happened to Kendrick?And where was he now?She took out her phone to check, but closed her eyes in despair—it had already shut down

Her feet felt like they were stepping on a bed of nails, throbbing with pain. Worse still, it was freezing—tonight’s temperature could easily dip below zero. Dying of hypothermia out here in the wild wouldn’t even be considered rare.Completely exhausted, she crouched down and began cursing that old man Wesley.Then she couldn’t help but start resenting Kendrick. What on earth was going on? How could Aron send a message from his phone? There must’ve been a trap—Kendrick was supposed to be smart! How could he be so careless?But… what if Kendrick was in danger too?Maybe that’s why someone else had his phone?As this thought crossed her mind, her resentment slowly turned to worry.And then, ultimately, the blame shifted to herself.So careless. So, so careless. She should’ve called Kendrick directly before she left Elfhedge—told him she was on her way. That way, she would've known it wasn’t him who had arranged the meeting.She definitely shouldn’t have just sent that single message: I

Seraphina had meant to talk about the problems that had surfaced recently. The young master had been acting completely out of character—he no longer listened to her at all. The more she told him not to do something, the more he went and did it…Just now, when he found her after she ran away from home, she refused to go back with him. So, he tossed her into the car, tied her hands with his tie, and forbade her from escaping again.She struggled, and he grabbed the back of her head and kissed her hard.When she kept resisting, his eyes turned red as he said, “Don’t you know? The more you resist, the more it ignites a man’s desire to conquer.”Seraphina instantly stopped struggling. But by then, her hair was a mess, her clothes were disheveled, and she was still bound.Perhaps that scene had aroused him, and what happened next… well, just thinking about it made Seraphina’s face burn.Thank goodness it was late at night in the mountains, with no one around—they only disturbed a few birds

Ryan frowned slightly and looked toward Seraphina.Kendrick glanced at Jax up front, then turned to look at Seraphina in the back seat. “Who was that?”Neither of them answered, as if both were waiting for the other to speak first.“Wasn’t it Aron?” Anna asked again.Then Seraphina and Jax spoke at the same time, “It was Uncle Wesley.”Kendrick chuckled. “You two are surprisingly in sync.”Anna immediately shot him a look, as if warning him not to say more.But no matter what Kendrick said, Ryan was already upset seeing how in sync Seraphina and Jax were. He also noticed that after they spoke in unison, Seraphina had seemed nervous—she even glanced at him cautiously before quickly looking away.It was like she had a guilty conscience.Yes, exactly that expression.Ever since he had reminded Seraphina to keep her distance from Jax, she became nervous whenever they interacted.He knew she was just worried he’d get jealous—but the more special she acted around Jax, the more sour Ryan fel