ra didn’t want to refute or exin anything, because she knew that no matter how much she exined to those who never trusted her, it was wrong.


    “I’m sorry.” She apologized expressionlessly, but there was no apology in her tone.


    In response to her insincere apology, Darren’s expression became even paler. Just as he was about to say something, Ashlee, who was beside him, suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve. She said in a pitiful voice, “Darren, forget it. My sister has already apologized. You don’t have to argue with my sister.”


    It had to be said that Ashlee knew men very well.


    Although she hated ra very much, she knew that no matter what, ra was Darren’s first love. Moreover, men didn’t liked aggressive women. They only liked sensible and generous women. Therefore, her words made her seem gentler and more considerate, which in turn let ra be the ungrateful one.


    How could ra not understand? She only felt stuffy in her chest and couldn’t help coughing softly.


    “Ouch.” As soon as hearing this cough, Valerie, who was originally angry, quickly pulled Ashlee away a little. “ra, you still have a cold? Since you’re still sick, why did youe to eat with us? Did you deliberately want to infect us?”


    These absurd words only made ra feel ridiculous, but when she looked up, she saw the three people in front of her looking at her with vignce.


    She suddenly felt that her heart became colder.


    They were a family. They loved each other and faced themon enemy.


    She was just an outsider, aplete outsider.


    Why did she have to make a fool of herself here?


    “Aunt Valerie, you are right.” She said lightly, “I have caught a cold. I am not suitable to have dinner with you. I’ll leave now.”


    After she finished speaking, she no longer looked at the three people in front of her and walked out of the wine cer.


    When she passed by Ashlee, she stopped and turned her head, and she caught Ashlee’s victory-like posture. She smiled faintly.


    “Sister.” ra opened her mouth and called her sister Ashlee, which was rare. “I wish you and Mr. Kirnd a happy life forever.”


    After that, she turned around and left without looking back.


    When she walked out of the vi, she found that it waspletely dark.


    The Middleton vi was the same as Horace’s vi. There was no taxi or bus station around. ra had to turn on her mobile phone. As soon as she was about to use the Uber, it suddenly rang.


    Seeing it was Horace, ra was stunned and quickly picked up the phone.


    “Hello.”


    “Hey, it’s me.” Horace’s fruity voice sounded on the phone. “Are you eating at your father’s house?”


    For some reason, when she heard Horace’s voice, ra felt like crying. “It seems that I can’t eat here.” She said, trying to make her voice sound casual. “Because I caught a cold, I don’t want it to affect others.”


    Horace paused for a moment on the phone, and then asked, “Where are you now?”


    “I’m at Merivia Bay. Well… you eat first. Let Martha leave me a bowl of porridge. I’ll go back soon.”


    After ra finished speaking, there was dead silence on the phone. She couldn’t help frowning. She took a look at her mobile phone, only to find that it was automatically turned off.


    Damn it. Why did it turn off at this time?


    ra was a little annoyed and pressed her mobile phone several times, but there was still no response at this moment.


    How did she go back if her mobile phone was out of power?


    ra struggled to recall the nearest bus station to this vi and walked forward.


    Coincidentally, she was wearing high heels today. After she took a few steps, she was worn out.


    Merivia Bay’smunity was extremelyrge. She felt as if she had walked for a long time, but she still hadn’t reached the gate.


    The cold winds were a bit bone-chilling. ra’s clothes were light, and as such, she couldn’t help but wrap herself tightly around her coat. Gritting her teeth, she continued forward.


    After walking a few more steps, she suddenly saw a car light shing in front of her.


    ra was a bit excited, thinking about whether it was a taxi or not, but soon after, she was disappointed; it was a private vehicle.N?velDrama.Org owns all content.


    She thought it made sense. How could there be a taxi in thismunity? The people living here weren’t from the same world as her.


    However…


    Why did this car seem a bit familiar?


    Before ra had time to think about it, she suddenly saw the car slowly moving in front of her, and then stopped.


    The door opened, the iron rampid down, and a man’s wheelchair that he was sitting on slowly slid downwards.


    ra’s body went rigid.


    The light of the car lightnded on the man’s back. Even though his face couldn’t be seen clearly through the light, his vague figure still outlined the perfect profile of his face.


    This man was Horace.


    At this moment, ra was so surprised that she couldn’t say a word.


    Horace’s wheelchair stopped in front of ra. When he saw that she was staring at him nkly, he didn’t know why, but he found it quite adorable.


    The corners of his lips curled up slightly as he said, “Why? Are you unhappy seeing me?”


    Only then did ra snap out of her daze. She shook her head instinctively and said, “How can I be unhappy…”


    To be exact, she should be very happy.


    When she was feeling helpless and exhausted, it was Horace who appeared in front of her again, as if he could pull her out of the abyss of despair.


    “Really?” Hearing ra’s words, Horace’s smile. “Then let’s go.”


    ra nodded. However, just as she was about to get into the car, the inside of her high heels had scraped the blisters. She couldn’t help but gasped and winced.


    “What’s wrong?” Horace keenly noticed that ra was acting strangely. He saw her frowning as she looked at her feet.


    Horace frowned slightly. His gaze alsonded on ra’s ankle, and he immediately saw her bleeding heels.


    “It’s fine. Many girls are like this. Just put a band-aid on tomorrow. Hey! What are you doing? Horace…”


    ra’s face suddenly turned red, because Horace actually bent down and reached out to grab her ankle.


    Horace was sitting in the wheelchair, which was lower than ra’s. Therefore, after he bent down, he naturally lifted ra’s broken left foot.


    His bony fingers slid across the wound on ra’s foot, and Horace’s good-looking eyebrows furrowed more tightly. “You’re bleeding?”


    Horace’s hand was rough. ra’s wound was very sensitive. At this time, it was touched, and a strange feeling spread from her ankle to her whole body like an electric current. “It’s just a small injury.” For some reason, ra only felt her heart beat faster and she opened her mouth in a panic. However, Horace directly took off her shoes as if he didn’t hear what she said.


    “Eh?” ra was even more dumbfounded now. She was still a short distance away from the car. Horace did this. Was he going to let her jump over or walk without shoes?


    But it was obvious that the two answers were wrong. After taking off ra’s shoes, Horace held ra’s hand. He exerted force, and the unprepared ra fell into Horace’s arms.


    Horace was sitting in a wheelchair, and ra was sitting on his legs. The two of them were suddenly facing each other nose to nose.


    “Horace, what are you…”


    Such intimate contact made ra even more flustered. However, Horace did not say anything. He just turned the wheelchair casually to the car and whispered, “Let’s go home.”