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r, nig

vy downpour, as if the sky had cracked open,

after modifications, slowly pulled up in fr

he rain-misted car window, catching the r

r delicate, palm-sized face was almost bar

oisture. Her two fair and slender hands rested on her

ty.

teering wheel lightly, his long fingers adorned wi

out of her te

mm

look at the

eyebrow. Two black eyebrow piercings on his brow bone connected with a row of studs lin

s boyfriend of

restigious Raven family, a man of d

east for the eyes. It wasn't uncommon for girls on the street to mistake him for a

r, often carrying a world-weary expression, his long, nar

e to Mity-he would

y, his fingers casually playing with a lock of her jet-bl

ve or not won't aff

eath hitc

really no

at Alan wit

ed up his phone and started texting someone-probably

off the windshield, slicing his striking featu

r the dim glow, making him appear indifferent and distan

ll

e Raven family treated Alan, their

nted something,

n't have d

lips and softly

Raven family matriarch's personal secretary, accompanie

a middle-aged man

ehind Alan, dressed in a plain white cotton dress, an

have been waiting for you for quite some t

inder that A

il early morning, only waking up in the afternoon. He then called Mity out at the last m

were lucky-if it had been anyone else,

aff

ity had been left outside the group, he turned around and saw th

ended a hand, and the girl in the white dress obedien

d seen this young master actually care abo

air skin. A faint beauty mark at the corner of her le

her back. She wore a simple, ankle-length wh

ho was a top student in school-tim

t hard to imagine that this mischievous second you

excelled in school but was t

ivate matters, Alan subtly moved to shield Mi

iately pressed the el

he hotel lobby suddenly shifte

n Rolls-Royce pulled up

ftly got out of the accompanying vehicles, forming a t

nd alert, as if awaiting the

urriedly rushed to the entr

mild disinterest. "Who

turned his head and carefully examined the vehicle be

aven family and the Adam

, Alexander, and the head of the Adam f

exander's mother were cousins, and the

tinctively looked towa

yguards, blocking every possible angle-there w

with him?" Alan raised an

ry Coli

ou aren't, but your olde

lanned for the eldest young mas

ander was currently

h would probably be more than happy to have him t

is outright to Alan. Just as he was abou

say anything? You

y Colin

as if rewarding her. "See?

y,

who this Mr. Adam they w

, she wasn't familiar with New York City's eli

round, she had never been part

heir conversation. Her mind was p

d after picking her up, he had been on the phone the e

be meeting or what the Raven

eting his family-she hadn'

her heart clenched wit

e elder she was about to me

the fifth floor, an

or them, stepped forward to guide the

long, dimly lit corrido

amber-colored luxurious stone, with a few wall lamps casti

a work ca

led her back toward the ter

ietly beside

n had pulled her-wearing only a thin

ugh her skin and her teeth were faint

r, thinking they could finally le

ediately answer. Instead, he muted the call, turned to

her to g

old wind. She instinctively grabbed his hand. "I'

at her seriously. "I said I don't care about their opinions, but I still want

y,

he couldn't. Lowering her eyes slightl

ity, don't you want

r head, staring at him in a

urse

ed it ve

slightly as he lowered his voice. "

tly bit

r courage. "Take your call f

ore stepping onto the te

hind her, took a deep breath, and walked

nd knocked lightly befor

right, creating a stark contra

ng, and the floor-to-ceiling glass windows offered a stunning

ily dazzled by th

looked up again, she was caught off guard by the

mpletely un

fabric fitting his broad shoulders and lean w

ne, facing the wi

ght cast shadows over his deep-set eyes and sharp jawline. Even in profile

heart c

to see such a scen

n the table, an open cigar box, an

f gold-rimmed glasses, some documents, and the gli

beneath his pale skin. His fingers were long and slender,

eld her breath, afr

ed at the head of the table

nd lifted his gaze-dark

're

and magnetic, yet c

ered slightly, a fleeting ch

sta

t pounde

she felt as if those dark eyes

ke his before-black as the

on the surface but hiding the mos

.

ble fear creeping over her, making

here was

oke, she realized

-The Raven family shouldn

tered the

ly jumbled. She hesitated, the

the wro

words, something struck he

n't in the

ge, the aura

ealization

s Ale

older b

ant hand had clenched aro

letely caugh

ed her to meet tonight would be the Alexander of The

gain, it m

carried weight at home. If Alan wanted The Raven family to approve of

r seemed differen

like a refined,

nd unapproachabl

ed uncontrollably, her n

uldn't bac

overwhelming presence, she sti

raised a

f smoke, his gaze deep and unreadable as he observed the g

, had finally c

ake a bad impression in

she lowered her head slightly, took

llo, b

gentle to the extreme, as if tr

r in the private roo

nds of sil

a deep, magneti

you just