Chapter 20


    ra screamed instinctively, her face and heart filled with fear.


    Emmett reached out his broad arm to pull her in, his voice deep and calming. “Chill out, it’s probably


    just the weather messing with the circuit.”


    “Okay.”


    ra nodded, still a bit uneasy inside but felt a bit better with Emmett by her side.


    Ever since that night, she had developed a fear of the dark… Now, she always left her bedsidemp


    on, never turning it off. The sudden darkness in the elevator


    reminded her of that night.


    Momentster, the lights in the elevator came back and everything returned to normal, except ra


    was still in Emmett’s arms, trembling slightly.


    “All good”


    Emmett looked down at her, his voice was soothing.


    It took ra a moment to realize that her head was still resting on Emmett’s shoulder. She quickly


    pulled away from him and apologized, “Mr. Melendez, I’m sorry. It happened so suddenly and I’m kinda


    scared of the dark..


    “Mm”


    Emmett simply responded, his face expressionless and voice emotionless.


    As the elevator descended, ra consciously stepped back to lean against the elevator wall. She was


    still a bit scared, but she couldn’t rely on Emmett anymore and had to rely on the elevator for support.


    Without turning around, Emmett saw ra’s posture and pale face through the elevator door.


    “Are you really scared of the dark?”


    He was curious. ra didn’t seem like the type to be easily scared. As for why he, who normally didn’t


    care, would suddenly ask such a question, he was also not


    sure.


    “Huh?”


    It took ra a while to realize that Emmett was asking her. “I… it was just too sudden!”


    She lowered her head, unsure how to exin.


    Seeing that ra was hesitant and unwilling to speak, Emmett didn’t press further. Just then, the


    elevator door opened and he said, “Let’s go,” before walking out first


    Watching his retreating figure and feeling his strong aura, ra felt a sense of familiarity… She quickly


    shook her head, thinking it was the darkness reminding her of the past.


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    In the car.


    ra leaned against the window, watching the heavy rain outside and feeling a bit anxious.


    It had been almost two hours since the kindergarten ended… The traffic was jammed and she was


    worried about the kids. She nced at Emmett from time to time but never urged him, knowing it


    wouldn’t help. No matter how much they were in a hurry, they couldn’t fly over the traffic.


    Just as she was thinking this, ra saw Emmett make a turn at the intersection and drive in another


    direction, speeding up.


    “Mr. Melendez, you….” She wanted to say that this was not the way to the kindergarten.


    “In a hurry, aren’t we?” Emmett simply voiced her thoughts.


    ra closed her lips and remained silent. From Emmett’s words, she should have guessed that he was


    nning to take a different route. On the rest of the journey, Emmett drove very fast, running who


    knows how many red lights. Despite ra’s attempts to persuade him to slow down, he only told her to


    sit tight and stay


    quiet.