Dusk Snow Hides All Return (Rowan and Adrienne) novel Chapter 173

Chapter 147

My use of the formal “Mr. Shaw showed my respect for my rescuer. But after my question, my rescuer didn’t even acknowledge

1. me.

I was awkwardly silent, with no choice but to wait for him to speak.

Xander was reading, his eyelashes lowered. From the moment I knocked until I stood by his bed, he hadn’t even lifted his eyelids.

After about a minute, his long, slender, white fingers turned a page with slow deliberation. The action was pleasing to the eye.“Ms. Wells, don’t you think your concern is a little late?”

He finally spoke, his cool, languid voice echoing in the quiet room. My already stiff smile froze even more. I sensed trouble.

Quickly, I explained, “I actually wanted to see you earlier, but so many people were visiting you at the hospital. I didn’t want to cause gossip, so I waited until you were discharged.”

‘Gossip?” Xander raised his deep eyes. “What makes you so confident that my appearance with you would lead people to believe we have an inappropriate relationship?”

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‘COME ON! AGAIN?!” my wolf was furious, yet completely speechless.

My expression turned wooden. His words were a bit roundabout, but I understood the meaning. He was mocking my arrogance, mplying that I was self–important and believed my charm was boundless when in reality it meant nothing. He was telling me that no one would think that way because he was someone I couldn’t reach, our statuses were vastly different, and I wasn’t worthy.

It was the same attitude he’d displayed on the golf course when he humiliated me for wearing a revealing outfit, saying not to try to ise my beauty to sway him.

An awkward silence fell over the room. My cheeks burned, red and hot.

‘I…” I didn’t know what to say. I felt embarrassed, yet couldn’t refute him. My throat ached. “I’m sorry. I overthought it. I won’t think ike that again.”

I’m sorry for interrupting your reading. I’ll leave now.”

I left the room, my embarrassment intense, stumbling slightly and almost bumping into the doorframe.

Kander watched the door coldly. After a while, he closed his book, threw it aside, leaned back on the bed, rubbed his temples, and

losed his eyes in irritation.

He laughed self–deprecatingly. His wolf left the comment, “HOW CHILDISH OF YOU…”

came out of the bedroom and headed towards the entrance.

Leaving so soon?” Liam

Mr. Shaw is

rying

Liar

from the living room, surprised.

I’m leaving, Uncle Liam,” I said hurriedly, trying to smile, but my smile was uglier than

me up again when I had time.

Liam ladled soup for him, muttering, “Her eyes were red when she left. She’s probably going

Are you trying to needle me?”

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Twouldn’t dare,” Liam placed the soup beside him.“I just don’t understand. You took a knife for her, yet you had the heart to make her cry and run away?‘

Xander was speechless. He picked up his chopsticks–again, picked up some food, then put it down, repeating this several times before finally asking, “Did she really cry?”

Liam:“Why don’t you go downstairs and take a look?”

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