Chapter 1635


    Chapter 1635


    Just when Skyler thought the car was about to send her flying, her eyes squeezed shut in terror, and


    the piercing screech of brakes nearly ruptured her eardrums. With trembling fingers, she slowly opened


    her eyes to find the yellow sports car halted beside her.


    And in the driver’s seat was none other than Zavier.


    Hadn’t he left already? Why was he still here?


    He turned his head, peering at her through his sunsses. “Do I need to formally invite you before you


    get in?”


    The shades obscured his eyes, but his voice left no doubt-he was ticked off. Skyler didn’t pause to


    think. She yanked open the door and climbed in.


    No sooner had she snapped her seatbelt into ce than Zavier floored the elerator, and the car


    shot off like an arrow released from its bow. If not for the seatbelt, Skyler felt she would have been


    hurled out.


    The engine’s roar sliced through the silence as Zavier raced along, swerving left and right, churning


    Skyler’s stomach into a whirlpool of nausea. Before long, they entered the gatedmunity where


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    He drove into the driveway and mmed on the brakes with such force that Skyler lunged forward, only


    to be snapped back by her seatbelt. A red mark where the strap had bitten into her shoulder stung


    painfully.


    Zavier flung the car door open and strode toward the house without a backward nce. Skyler sat in


    the car for a while, trying to collect herself before stepping out and following him with leaden legs.


    But as she turned the corner, Zavier’s towering figure blocked her path like a behemoth. Malice


    radiated from him.


    Skyler eyed him warily. “Is there, um, something else?”


    Zavier’s brows arched slightly. “What do you think?”


    Skyler had a hunch about why he was angry. “Before I went, I didn’t know it was your friend’s house.


    Had I known, I would have never gone. But you can rx, I didn’t reveal our… situation, and I didn’t


    ept the job.”


    Zavier said pointedly, “You even realize what you did wrong, huh?”


    Skyler wanted to say she hadn’t done anything wrong but didn’t dare. Zavier was like a beast in a


    frenzy.


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    And a frenzied beast could bite. Provoking him now was akin to courting death, so she stayed silent.


    Zavier continued, “It’s not that you can’t visit the Hortons; it’s that you can’t visit anyone’s home. The


    Blues might afford to embarrass themselves-I can’t say the same for the Riveras.”


    Earning her keep through honest work had never been a source of shame for Skyler, but this wasn’t the


    time for such derations. After all, once school started, she’d be staying in the dorms, and then Zavier


    wouldn’t have a say in anything she did.


    Zavier pressed,”Cat got your tongue?”


    Skyler replied quietly, “I understand.”


    Without another word, Zavier walked away.