The Devil CEO's Contract Wife novel Chapter 294

Chapter 294: Close Encounter [2]

I weighed heavily on her because for a second there she moved, just enough to catch the brighter light, but she suddenly came to a stop, her black heels coming into view.

My patience ran thin; I walked, not slow, but enough to tell that desperation clung to my movement. The last thing I wanna give away, but I think we have both passed that point where nothing else matters except colliding.

Vixen backed away into the darkness as if she wanted it to swallow her up, but there was one thing she didn’t know about me, no matter how she claimed to do.

I work well in the darkness.

The lights had ceased their flicker, and what was left was to navigate through. She wore a very thick perfume that was enough to obstruct my nose, so I followed it as well as her heel against the floor as she tried to get away.

I stretched my hand out, predicting a hold on her arm, but what I felt was only a brush, my fingertips grazing her back, and then nothing.

The lights came back on, and I found out I’m alone.

I ground my teeth when I caught the door she had escaped through.

No one, and I mean no one, could have known there was a door there.

"Don King!"

I turned to Carlo.

"Where did you go? The main event is about to begin." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

I inhaled sharply as I moved, and I didn’t halt my steps until I grabbed him by the collar.

"D-Don..."

"Vixen..." That was the only word I uttered, and it was enough to pull a reaction out of him.

He swallowed a ball of saliva.

"Talk."

"She donated! In your name..."

"Did she?"

"Y-Yes!"

I released him, and he stumbled backwards and almost dropped on the floor if his men hadn’t held him.

"She monitored the project too..."

"Excuse me?"

"It was all in your favor. Wasn’t it in your favor?"

At this point, none of them had the faintest idea that Vixen was a mystery... to me, too.

~☆~

"Adrian and I are friends now..." Esme said, handing me the egg. "We spent a lot of time together at school and at the cafe. He loves chocolate too."

I cracked the egg open and poured it into a bowl.

"What are you two up to?" Catherine said, coming to us.

"Making breakfast!" Esme replied. "Daddy said he needed my help."

"Is that so...?" I felt her hand on my back, and I leaned down for her to kiss me on the cheek. "Morning, honey."

"And you, little lady, are you forgetting something?"

Esme gasped, and Catherine helped her down the counter.

"Now off you go and make sure you finish up."

"Aww..." Esme pouted.

"What’s wrong?" Catherine asked me the moment Esme was gone. "You are quieter, and that means something is up."

"Esme is talking with Adrian," I replied, even though that wasn’t my reason.

"They are getting close..." Catherine said. "They have made up, and those rumors circling the academy are over. I thought their interaction was gonna end with just that but the headmistress asked me to talk with Adrian about what happened."

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