It felt as if someone poured scalding water onto her chest. Her cold, numb fingers clenched


    ufortably into a tiny ball.


    Be thought, ‘Why? Why was Justin so kind to Be but so incredibly cruel to the former Anna


    Brown?”


    “You know me well, Ash. I have always been someone who despises evil and values good, with clear


    lines between love and hatred. Perhaps what you said is correct. Emotions can beplex and difficult


    to define. But that is not how I am. I know exactly what I want. What about you?”


    Be gazed out the window quietly, her voice slightly choked and her eyes reddening. “No matter how


    wasted my entire youth loving someone, and endured the pain of not receiving any reciprocation. Doing


    it once in this lifetime is enought for me.”


    Steven drove Amelia back to school. They were both lost in their own thoughts, remaining silent


    throughout the journey.


    As the night grew darker, the back gate of the school became eerily quiet, and the Porsche came to a


    slow stop.


    There was a surprising, unspoken understanding.


    They sat side by side in the car, with no one making the move to get out.


    The moon hung in the sky, casting a soft and gentle glow inside the car. The calm, subdued


    atmosphere created a romantic mood.


    “Thank you for sending me back, Mr. Lovett.” Amelia shyly broke the silence.


    “Ms. Amelia, please don’t be so polite. Just call me Steven or Steve.”


    Steven felt deeply guilty toward Amelia.


    Due to their different statuses, he added a bit more distance to his words. “Even though I have watched


    you and Ms. Be grow up, I am. ultimately Ms. Be’s secretary, a subordinate working for the


    Thompson family. Mr. Asher and the others are your brothers. I am really not worthy of you.”


    Amelia was usually perceptive and sensitive. She sensed Steven’s desire to keep some distance from


    her.


    For a brief moment, her heart ached, and she looked ahead with eyes. that seemed to hold the dew of


    early morning, moist and watery.


    “Steven, I… I will not cause you any more trouble in the future. Please don’t hate me, okay?” Amelia


    stammered.


    “You are exaggerating, Ms. Amelia. You have never caused me any trouble. It is me who does not want


    to have any impact on your life,” Steven sighed softly.


    He leaned in slowly and assisted her in unbuckling the seatbelt. Their warm breaths filled the car, and


    the temperature inside gradually increased.


    Steven avoided looking into her eyes. He kept his eyelids lowered and quickly straightened up. “It’s


    quitete. Let me walk you in.”


    With that, he opened the door and stepped out of the car.


    Amelia recalled his words and felt like a dark hole had been hollowed out in her chest. She was filled


    with a chilly sense of loss.


    She knew they could not be together and that the kiss was an ident. How could an ordinary girl like


    her pique the interest of such. a remarkable man as Steven? She must have been delusional.


    The passenger door opened. Steven resumed his usual respectful demeanor, inviting Amelia out of the


    car.


    Amelia tightly pressed her pale lips together and stepped out of the car.


    “I can go in by myself. You don’t have to apany me.”


    Before she could finish her sentence, a roaring engine erupted from behind Amelia, frightening her.


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    She instinctively covered her ears and closed her eyes. She had developed a severe aversion to the


    sound of fast-moving cars as a result of a near-ident when she was a child.


    Steven’s face darkened when he saw her reaction. He opened his. arms and embraced Amelia with


    lightning speed, quickly turning to shield her.


    A silver top-of-the-line Ferrari Laferrari zoomed past them. The car generated a gust of wind that lifted


    Steven’s suit, showing how fast it was going.


    “It’s okay now. Don’t be afraid. I’m here.” Steven gently consoled her.


    He gave a gentle pat to the shivering Amelia. His eyes showed a mixture of deep dissatisfaction toward


    the owner of the speeding car and concern for Amelia.


    The Ferrari came to a halt outside the school’s back gate.


    The passenger door opened, revealing a pair of seductive, tantalizingly long legs.


    A woman with wavy ash-brown hair emerged from the car in a sexy short skirt, with exquisite and


    vibrant makeup.