r where Preston was seated, staring blankly at his screen with

e screen didn't seem to make sense when his mind was elsewhere. It would be

again. First to go to wo

ven after seeing her face in the office all the time, Preston was still left mesmerized b

s in front of his table and place

you com

wing Lace with his eyes. Even when he doesn't want to, his eye

own business, but even Preston has already gotten tired of arguing wit

utside and saw that the light in your office was on. I figured you'd still be here and ta-da!"

because that expressio

s the ends of the sleeves of her jacket. Lace was taken aback. She didn't p

oice was soothing, and his touch was gentle. It took a while for Lace to totally calm down. The fear

on, pl

following the rules, and it seems like the heavens would like to test his limits. The line gets blurry when it's

't w

on knows that Lace was hurting. In this case, physically. The most natural reaction to pain

m f

irmly. "Please don't li

ched Preston's cheek. It was infuriating how her situation could infuriate him to the point of violence

to throw punches until the guy would be knocked out dead. Why is he even surrounded b

d like a song. Toxic melody that h

and that is in front of him. If it wasn't for that wedding

et him, he

to drive me here.

doing this for myself, Lace. I couldn

reston has been trying to figure out if that shine from her eyes was out of love or something else. Maybe she lov

. But he is away. H

you s

worry, okay? All I wanted was to give you a meal. You're alre

ver a burd

r face light up. "Thank you for saying t

our sake,

e. It has become an endless and repeated cycle of him offering to help and her telling him th

ut I will. I'll l

t she said that. That she

cheek. "So, don't worry about me. Ok

d of driving home, he went to the place where Belle was staying, which he was able to f

know the story from his sister himself. Forget going back to how things were before. How is he sup

r going

got to be

called best friend talking. They might as well have f

hat kind of feelings are linge

to find out.

rn and screamed a

tempted to press the accelerator and hit Nikolai. His next action would depend on the