“Ryan!” Sylvie felt warmth in her heart. He had always been so generous, the scene was just like the first time she came to the United States and he also helped her so selflessly.
“Hehe, don't look at me like that anymore. Your expression is pitiful, like a beggar!”
“Actually I am a beggar!” Sylvie sneered at herself.
“Silly girl, you are not!” Ryan comforted her.
“You are my best and the best friend!” Sylvie said.
‘Just friends! I’m just her best friend!’ Ryan sighed in his heart. Then, he smiled slightly, “Of course! I am moving back to my own place, have you got the key?”
“Yes!” Sylvie said immediately, “Are you going to move back? Is your house cleaned?”
“Yes!” Ryan said. “It was cleaned up yesterday!”
“Oh! That's great!” Sylvie nodded. “Actually, you can still live with me, anyway I am not going back recently!”
“It's boring to live there if you are not back, so I just go back to my place. Okay! You can get off the car now, his car is coming!” Ryan reminded her when he glanced at the car parked next to his car.
Sylvie kept the card immediately and put it in her pocket.
She looked up at Marley’s car and then she turned to look at Ryan, “Ryan, I will never forget your help, thank you!”
“Silly girl, you say thank you to me again! I will really get angry if you say thank you to me next time!” Ryan looked at her. Her eyes were quiet and clear. There was the most sincere appreciation in the deep darkness.
He still remembered their first meet. At that time, Sylvie’s eyes were once a pair of waveless and desireless eyes. It seemed that there was nothing could be cared by her and he had always thought that it should be a pair of clean and simple eyes. But now, her eyes were filled with worries. At the same time, her eyebrows were also full of charm which was a look between a girl and a woman.
He saw her neck inadvertently. There were some purple marks on it. It was so clear and he knew that Marley had turned the girl into a woman. Ryan’s eyes tightened and finally he said, “You can go now! Sylvie!”
“I'm leaving!” Sylvie pushed the car door and got out of the car!
The moment the car door was closed by her from the outside, Ryan put his hand on his side and clenched tightly, his knuckles were turning pale and the blue veins exposed.
Sylvie got out of Ryan’s car and walked to Marley’s car. Before opening the door, Marley had already opened the front passenger seat’s door from the compartment and said in a deep voice, “Get in!”
“Thanks for waiting for me!” Sylvie smiled softly and turned to look at Marley. However, her smile on her face just disappeared due to his taciturn handsome face.
Marley glanced at Ryan’s car outside his car window. A coldness flashed across his eyes, but it just passed away in an instant.
Just as he regained his mind from the daze, he saw Sylvie’s smile on her lips. He was slightly startled and then he leaned over.
Sylvie was panicked and leaned against the back of the seat subconsciously.
His body pressed over her with his unique masculinity. The strong smell of him just rushed into her nose. She held her breath for a while. He seemed to notice that her reaction was very stiff and there was a smile flashed in his eyes.
After a purposely pause, he stretched his hand to her right side and pulled the seat belt. He pulled it out and helped her buckle it up.
It turned out that he was just helping her fasten her seat belt. She had thought too much! Her face flushed again suddenly.
He raised his eyes and glanced at her. Then, he stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek. He spoke in a low hoarse voice that just could be heard by her, “What are you thinking? Your face is blushing?”
“No, nothing!” She shook her head hurriedly.
He didn’t went back in a hurry. He leaned by her side, watching her blushing face playfully.
Ryan’s car was not leaving either. The two cars were just stopped next to each other. They were only in opposite directions.
Sylvie leaned on the back of the seat, waiting for him to sit back to his seat and drive. However, he didn't move and he seemed to enjoy that face-to-face, close distance between them.
“You, can you move there a bit!” She whispered.
“He found you for what?” He asked in a deep voice, ignoring her stiffness.
“Oh! A little matter!” She answered honestly.
“What little matter?” He seemed not satisfied with her answer. Why was he so interested of her own affairs?
“The matter is about my apartment. He is still living there. But he is going to move out now. So he gave me the keys.” She didn't dare to breathe and said it in a low voice.
“Oh!” Marley took a pause with a glimmer of light in his eyes. Then, he said, “This will the only time.”
“What?” Just as Sylvie breathed a sigh of relief, her heart that was in a hanging state became puzzled again.
“Don't give the keys to other men casually in the future!” He said in a deep voice.
“Ryan is not an outsider!” She said, “He is my very best friend!”
Marley’s eyes tightened slightly and he said stubbornly, “I say cannot, just cannot!”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...