Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosalind had already stepped forward, her smile gentle and\u00a0<\/p>\n
graceful, her tone naturally intimate, as if that.explosive\u00a0<\/p>\n
conversation just now had never happened:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdrian, you\u2019re back. I just got here a little while ago. I ran into a\u00a0<\/p>\n
resident downstairs and we came up together. I hope I\u2019m not\u00a0<\/p>\n
interrupting by dropping in?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian didn\u2019t play along with her social pleasantries, his gaze\u00a0<\/p>\n
locked firmly on Rosalind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His tone was dangerously low, \u201cAnswer my question. Who told\u00a0<\/p>\n
you the address?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What are you doing here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His reaction, the tension in his voice and his unusual coldness,\u00a0<\/p>\n
along with Rosalind\u2019s sudden change in demeanor, didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
escape Rebecca\u2019s notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stood where she was, watching the two of them at the\u00a0<\/p>\n
door, feeling the glass of water she\u2019d just drunk sitting like a\u00a0<\/p>\n
cold weight in her stomach.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian walked quickly to Rebecca\u2019s side, instinctively reaching\u00a0<\/p>\n
out to take her arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice softened a bit, laced with urgency, \u201cRebecca, did\u00a0<\/p>\n
she\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Rebecca subtly sidestepped, avoiding his hand, and just\u00a0<\/p>\n
looked up at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her gaze was almost too calm. Beneath the calm was a raging\u00a0<\/p>\n
undercurrent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessor Shaw,\u201d she said softly, using his most formal\u00a0<\/p>\n
professional title, her tone distant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRosalind said she\u2019s an old friend of yours and has something\u00a0<\/p>\n
private to discuss with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She paused, her gaze lingering for a moment on Rosalind\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
flawless face before returning to Adrian, her eyes holding a\u00a0<\/p>\n
scrutiny he had never seen before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian was adamant, reaching out to grab her, but Rebecca\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes quickly darted away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca avoided Adrian\u2019s outstretched hand, the movement\u00a0<\/p>\n
light but decisive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She took a deep breath, and when she looked up again, the\u00a0<\/p>\n
raging undercurrent in her eyes seemed to have been forcibly\u00a0<\/p>\n
suppressed, leaving only a weary calm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdrian.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She softened her tone, but her voice carried an even greater\u00a0<\/p>\n
se of distance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight, I actually had some things I wanted to tell you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her gaze swept lightly over Rosalind, the elegant woman who seemed detached from it all, watching the scene with great\u00a0<\/p>\n
interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut now, it seems, is not the right time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca\u2019s lips even managed to form a faint curve, as if in self-\u00a0<\/p>\n
mockery, or perhaps reassurance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou two talk about your business first. I\u2026 I\u2019ll go now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian\u2019s voice was more urgent, even tinged with a hint of\u00a0<\/p>\n
imperceptible panic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tried to grab her again, but Rebecca subtly deflected his\u00a0<\/p>\n
hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a moment, wait for me to handle this\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He looked at her, almost pleading.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Rebecca shook her head, no longer looking at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her gaze fell on the entryway cabinet, where Adrian\u2019s car keys\u00a0<\/p>\n
lay, tossed there when he\u2019d just gotten back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She walked over, her slender fingers picking up the cold set of\u00a0<\/p>\n
keys and closing them in her palm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, she turned to Adrian, the faint smile on her face\u00a0<\/p>\n
becoming clearer, yet somehow jarring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll take your car home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her tone could even be described as light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can come get it tomorrow when it\u2019s convenient, or I\u2019ll have\u00a0<\/p>\n
my assistant bring it back to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian watched her, his heart pounding in panic, even more so\u00a0<\/p>\n
than when he\u2019d faced Rosalind\u2019s surprise attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He would rather she screamed and questioned him, not calmly\u00a0<\/p>\n
smile and push him away like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca gave him no chance to stop her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gripped her keys and put on her shoes, her movements\u00a0<\/p>\n
fluid and without hesitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Opening the door, she turned to Rosalind with a slight nod, her\u00a0<\/p>\n
manners impeccable:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMiss Vance, take your time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, without a backward glance, she walked into the elevator\u00a0<\/p>\n
lobby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The elevator doors slowly closed, blocking out Adrian\u2019s paling face and Rosalind\u2019s deep, triumphant eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRebecca!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adrian rushed to the elevator doors, only to see the numbers on the display counting down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
He whipped around to look at Rosalind in the room, all his\u00a0<\/p>\n
anxiety and panic instantly turning to cold fury, his gaze sharp\u00a0<\/p>\n
enough to pierce right through her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The elevator descended, the numbers changing constantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca got into the driver\u2019s seat. The familiar scent in Adrian\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
car enveloped her, but it made her feel an inexplicable sense of\u00a0<\/p>\n
suffocation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t start the car right away, just gripped the steering\u00a0<\/p>\n
wheel, her fingertips cold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
mposure and distance she had forced upstairs quickly\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crumbled in the solitary space.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosalind\u2019s words were like poison\u2013tipped needles, stabbing one\u00a0<\/p>\n
by one into the most insecure parts of her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Real identity\u2026 a plan made by their parents\u2026 no deviations\u00a0<\/p>\n
allowed\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Rebecca was, after all, Rebecca.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the brief confusion and stinging pain, her natural open-\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 323\u00a0<\/p>\n
mindedness and \u201call\u2013in\u201d attitude slowly took over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She snapped her eyes open, looking at herself in the rearview\u00a0<\/p>\n
mirror.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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