Marcus felt helpless after hearing what Annie said. He hesitated for a while before nodding and saying, “I’ll go back
home and complete my tasks, then. Give me a call when you’re home.”
Annie nodded. “I will. Don’t worry. I’ll call you as soon as I get home!”
Marcus hugged Annie tightly as if he did not want to leave her alone. He looked intently at Aaron before turning and
hailing a taxi to leave.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAnnie was a little stiff after Marcus hugged her. She had been dating Marcus for a long time, but they never did
anything particularly intimate. She always subconsciously avoided Marcus’s attempts to get close to her.
She treated her relationship with Marcus seriously, and she felt that Marcus was a genuinely good person. She just
found it difficult and awkward to get closer to Marcus for reasons even she was unable to explain.
Amid her surprise, she heard Aaron’s gentle voice telling her, “Let’s get in the car. It’s getting cold.”
Annie snapped back to her senses. She looked into Aaron’s eyes and subconsciously avoided them. However, she
nodded and accepted his offer to get into the back seat of the car.
Aaron joined her in the back seat too, which made Annie feel a little awkward as she thought they were the only
two people in the car. That feeling soon passed when she saw Xante sitting in the front passenger seat.
Xante did not want to be the third wheel. She was considerate enough to raise the partition separating the front
seats and the back seats.
Annie was speechless, and she immediately regretted getting into the car.
Aaron could sense Annie’s awkwardness, so he chuckled and asked, “Why are you so nervous? I won’t eat you.”
Annie pursed her lips. “I’m not nervous! I’m just worried about Uncle Jeremy.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAaron shifted slightly and deliberately sat closer to her. “Are you sure it isn’t because of me?”
“W—W—What are you doing?” Annie was startled by Aaron’s actions and looked nervously at him.
Aaron smiled at her. “And you said you weren’t nervous because of me.”
Annie looked away in embarrassment. “Stop! Don’t do this! You’re using my boyfriend’s absence as an excuse to
cross the line! I’ll get off if you keep doing this!”
Aaron stopped teasing her and moved a little further away. He sighed sadly and asked, “How many times have you
two hugged?”
“What?” Annie’s mind went blank for a moment.
Aaron asked, “How many times have you and Marcus hugged like that?”