Chapter 280


    After staring at him for a long while, Victoria eventually got in the car. She mmed the


    door shut and put her seatbelt on, her actions conveying how annoyed she was. She


    shot him with an icy re as she stuck the car key into the ignition. “Are you sure you


    want me to drive you around?” she asked.


    He tugged his lips into a smirk. “What is it? Are you going to kill me?” Victoria didn’t


    answer his question–she simply started the engine before stepping on the brakes and


    turning the steering around. When she lowered the window, she found the salesperson


    staring at her worriedly. “Miss, Sir…”


    Victoria gave the salesperson a faint smile. “Don’t worry. I have a license,” she stated.


    When the salesperson eyed her with disbelief, she pulled her license out to show it to


    her. The salesperson heaved a sigh of relief after that. “That’s great.”


    “I’ll just drive around to get a feel of the car, and I’ll be back soon,” Victoria said. ric


    sat in the passenger’s seat with a nk look on his face as he watched Victoria


    steering the car. Victoria learned to drive about five years ago, and she used to drive to


    work all the time. She didn’t have superb skills, but she was fine to drive on rtively


    empty roads. She found it harder to manage things when the roads were too busy, and


    her car seemed rather unsteady during those times.


    I wonder if she improved her skills in the past five years, ric thought. Before he had


    the time to process the situation, the car had already zoomed out of the sales gallery.


    Victoria didn’t speed, but the way she maneuvered along the roads seemed much


    smoother than the way she drove in the past. She drove the car as if she were an


    experienced driver. ric was stunned to see how good she was. This is so different


    from the way she used to drive… It’s obvious that she has gotten really used to driving


    in the past few years.


    This was supposed to be something worth celebrating, but ric simply pressed his


    lips together as he stared at the roads with a grim look in his eyes. When he first


    encountered her after five years, he felt as if he hadn’t seen her for centuries. However,


    there were also times when he noticed the simrities in her actions, and he would


    then feel like they hadn’t been apart for long–like he had just met her days ago.


    However, when ric recognized how smooth her driving was, he was struck by reality.


    So much has changed in the past five years. I’m the only one who’s still stuck in the


    past.


    Victoria safely brought the car back to the sales gallery after taking it out for a drive. “I’ll


    get this. I’ll pay for it now,” she announced as she handed the keys back to the


    salesperson.


    “That sounds good. However, there are some necessary procedures to go through, so


    you won’t be able to collect your car immediately,” the salesperson exined.


    “Yeah, I know. You can just call me when the car is ready,” Victoria replied. As Victoria


    walked off with the salesperson, ric got out of the car. He watched silently as she


    did.


    Victoria only realized that ric hadn’te along with her after she went through all


    the procedures with the salesperson. ‘Excuse me, where’s the washroom?” she asked


    the salesperson. After the salesperson showed her the way, she hurried off into the


    washroom with her phone in her hand. Her phone had been on silent mode earlier, so


    she had no idea if she received any messages or calls.


    One hour had passed since the time that Victoria had agreed to meet with Silent Night.


    When she pulled her phone out, she had expected a text from Silent Night. She


    expected him to question her absence or to even me her for not showing up. To her


    surprise, when she opened their conversation, there were no new messages–her draft


    of the text that she had meant to send was still there. She didn’t get to send her text


    earlier, and the man didn’t contact her either. It was almost as if he had just


    disappeared into thin air. What’s going on?


    After considering the situation, Victoria decided to delete her earlier draft. She wrote a


    new text exining herself. ‘I’m so sorry, Mr. Night. Something came up earlier, so I didn’t manage to


    meet you at our agreed location. However, it seems like you didn’t text


    Chapter 2801 Don’t Need You


    me either. Are you busy as well?‘ After sending the text, Victoria waited in the


    washroom for a while more. She didn’t receive any response,


    After a short while, Victoria figured that she couldn’t do much since the man wasn’t


    responding. She headed out of the washroom to find ric waiting for her outside,


    However, he seemed rather different than before. The aura around him felt hostile and


    icy–he was like a walking air–conditioner that made the air around him turn cold. Even


    though ric was a stunning man with gorgeous looks, the icy aura that he gave off


    was enough to make everyone maintain a distance of at least three feet away from him.


    The man seemed to warm up a little only when he saw Victoria walking toward him. He


    shifted his gaze to look at her, but his lips were pursed the whole time. He didn’t seem


    like he wanted to speak to her at all. Victoria was done with all the necessary


    procedures, and she didn’t bother to greet him as she walked past him. She grabbed


    her bag and was about to head out the front door when ric went after her. “Come


    1. on. I’ll send you home,” he suggested.


    “It’s fine. I can head home on my own.” Victoria rejected him once more.


    ric frowned at her. “Do you want me to go to your office and wait for you every day


    instead?”


    Victoria froze upon hearing his words. She stared at him speechlessly, but the man


    then avoided her gaze and opened the car door instead. “Are you getting in or not?”


    Victoria stood in her spot and stared at him silently for a while before she shook her


    head and walked off. I don’t think he’ll actuallye over to wait for me every day just


    because I don’t get in his car now. If that’s the case, he wouldn’t have to work, and he


    wouldn’t have to manage thepany or earn money anymore. He can do whatever he


    wants if those are things that he thinks he can sacrifice! Victoria thought.


    ric watched as Victoria turned around to walk away. His expression was as gloomy


    as a graveyard, but he didn’t go after her in the end. The change that he saw within her


    earlier had made him feel especially conflicted, so he simply stood in his spot and


    watched as she walked off. He only went back into his car a long while after she


    disappeared from his field of vision.


    The driver took a nce at ric’s expression before speaking in a cautious tone.


    “Miss Selwyn is long gone, Mr. Cadogan. Should we go after her car?” ric pinched


    the bridge of his nose as he felt a dull ache forming in his head. “It’s fine. Let’s head


    back,” he uttered in a strained voice.


    Right before getting into the car, Victoria turned around and took a nce behind her.


    She only saw a few random strangers walking behind her–ric was no longer


    anywhere to be seen. She felt some relief in knowing that he wasn’t following her, yet


    she couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed. However, the disappointment she


    felt was so minute that the emotion disappeared before she got a chance to


    acknowledge it.


    Victoria took a cab to the nearest train station before buying tickets. Coincidentally,


    Bane rang her on the phone then. She took a nce at the caller ID and recalled what


    Summer had told her before picking up the call. “I’m at the lobby of your office, Victoria,


    but your staff told me that you left earlier in the afternoon. Where are you now? Shall I


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    the office. He sounded gentle and warm on the phone.


    Victoria felt especially guilty when faced with Bane’s tenderness. He’s always like this.


    He never gets mad at me, no matter how badly I treat him… This is precisely why I find it


    so hard to reject him or throw a tantrum in front of him. But now…


    Victoria shut her eyes for a while before responding in a cold voice, “It’s fine. I don’t feel


    like looking at cars today,” she replied.


    Bane was stunned when he noticed the iciness in her voice. “Did somethinge up


    for you? Should we meet another day instead?” he asked gently.


    “I don’t want to go on a different day either.” Victoria bit on her bottom lip for a while


    before she forced herself to speak. “I don’t need you to go with me even if I do end up


    going in the future.”