When Damon arrived, N was sitting on the sofa, staring nkly. Hearing the footsteps, she looked up toward the door. Her eyes were red and filled with helplessness and fear, like a frightened little rabbit.
“Uncle Damon, you’re here,” she called out.
Damon approached her and <b>asked </b>in a low voice, “Are you hurt?”
N shook her head. “I’m okay. I was at the bar with Vrie. I wasn’t home… When I came back, this is what I found…”
Damon frowned. “Have you called the police?”
“Yes, I did. They should be arriving soon,” she replied.
“Alright. You can’t stay here. I’ll have Spencer find you a new <b>ce</b>,” Damon said.
“Can I stay with you for the next few days?” N <b>asked</b>.
As soon as she finished speaking, the living room fell silent, so quiet that they could almost hear each other’s breathing.
Damon’s eyes narrowed dangerously as he spoke, each word deliberate. “Do you know what you’re saying?”
His direct gaze seemed to prate everything, making N feel as if she had nowhere to hide. It was as though all her thoughts were exposed to him.
She forced herself to meet his gaze and nodded. “I do.”
Damon looked at her and chuckled. “I thought it would take you a while longer to make up your mind.”
<b>He </b>knew that N was with him primarily to use him, but that was alright. There woulde a day when she would fall in love with him.
N pressed her lips together, about to speak, when footsteps came from the doorway–the police had arrived.
Aside from taking statements, Damon mostly handled the discussions with the police, while N oned questions asionally.
After the police left, Damon turned to N. “I have to go to the officeter. Do you want toe with me, or should I pick you up after work?”
“I need to clean up the house and prepare some clothes,” N answered.
Damon nodded. “Alright, I’ll arrange for someone to protect you. Call me if you need anything.”
His expression remained cool, but his gaze held a hint of warmth. It was like snow melting away, creating ripples in N’s heart.
She turned her gaze away and nodded. “Okay.”This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.
In the next moment, she found herself enveloped in a warm embrace.
Damon’s dry, warm hand stroked her head, his voice low and gentle “Dont be afraid I’m here”
N stiffened for a moment, then wrapped her arms around his waist closing her eyes and stently apologizing in her heart.
She didn’t want to use Damon, but being with him was her only way to confront the Summers right now.
She felt too selfish and didn’t deserve Damon’s feelings
Sensing her response, Damon tightened his hold slightly
After a long moment, he finally released her. I’lle to pick you upter”
His gaze was much warmer than before, causing N’s face to flush slightly. She lowered her head and said, “Alright.”
Her shy and hesitant demeanor made Damon’s eyes darran a little. It took him several seconds to regain hisposure. He suddenly understood why people kept their mistresses hidden in the pce in the olden days.
After Damon left, N patted her flushed cheeks and calmed herself down to start toying up the disheveled living room.
By the time N finished organizing, it was already past 3:00 pm. She brewed a cup of tea and sat on the sofa, absently tapping her fingers on the cup.
Since rk had done this to her home, she needed to get back at him.
After thinking for a moment, she dialed a number for an entertainment news outlet
By evening, a breaking news story had taken over the headlines of major extensinment publications:
[Shocking! rk Sumner, former CEO of the Sumner Group, remamies his mistress on the very day of his divorce!]
During the eveningmute, a typically dull time, this entertainment headine immediately gred
eryone’s attention, and people eagerly discussed it.
It wont long before the news reached Richard and Marie.
Richard immediately called rk, berating and ordering him to suppress the news within an hour.
When rk called N, she was preparing dinner. Expecting his call, she had taken him off her blocked
list
As soon as the call connected, rk’s nearly shouting voice came through “N, how can you be so malicious?! The biggest mistake of my life was loving you and marrying you against everyone’s opposition!
N sprinkled some coriander into the soup, thinking that rk’s voice had never sounded so pleasing
Sheughed softly and replied slowly, “Don’t be in a hurry. You’ll have plenty more chances to regret it. Today won’t be thest time you do.”