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Seeing the police about to take her away, Ruth hurried over to Kian.
“Kian, help me. It’s not my fault.”
Kian merely gave her a cold glance and then turned away, shaking off her hand.
“You’ll have to come with us and prove your innocence.
Kian said nothing, but the police spoke up.
Ruth trembled as she followed the police to the door.
I didn’t feel relieved but rather felt sorry for her.
She had done all this for a man.
But if Jordan hadn‘ t had someone recover the data, it might have been me being taken away instead.
Ruth stopped at the door and then turned
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She glanced at Kian, who seemed inconcerned, and then turned to stare at me and Jordan.
“Who knows what went on in that room for so long? How else would he find out she had a necklace hidden in her clothes?”
Her words implied something scandalous between Jordan and me in the room. Kian’s gaze shot at me like a cold arrow.
“Can’t you control yourself?”
Before I could gauge the surrounding looks, Jordan pulled me towards him.
His familiar scent enveloped me.
A sudden thought crossed my mind: maybe he wasn‘ t lying, and he really liked me.
Before Jordan could speak, I grabbed his hand.
“Do I need to explain my relationship with my boyfriend to you?”
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Kian‘ s expression darkened further, his hands clenched tightly by his side.
“Boyfriend? Shouldn’t you explain that to me?”
The question was directed at Jordan.
“You broke up, didn’t you? What‘ s there to explain?”
Jordan reminded him calmly.
“Didn’t she break up with you on your birthday?”
Seeing Kian’s anger directed at Jordan, I pulled him behind me.
“My feelings aren’t something I need to explain to you.”
Before Kian could make another move, I led Jordan to walk in front of the police.
With the police present, Kian shouldn’t be able to cause trouble.
I walked with determination, not even sure how far or how long I had walked.
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It wasn’t until the person I was dragging
came to a halt that I snapped back to reality, my gaze fixed on the hand I was gripping tightly.
“I’m sorry.
I tried to pull away, but Jordan’s hand grasped mine firmly.
Our fingers interlocked.
“Thank you. I’m sorry for the trouble.”
Actually, what happened tonight was all because of me, and Jordan had gotten involved because of it.
Jordan watched with a smile.
He leaned against the wall, teasing, “It seemed like someone mentioned that I am your boyfriend just now.”
As if he didn’t notice my awkwardness, he continued to tease, “Why is your face so red?”
I averted by gaze and look toward the river.
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“It’s just hot out here.”
As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted them.
How could it be hot in this season?
I wanted to sew my mouth shut.
Especially after hearing Jordan’s next remark. “But the temperature was high that night too. I didn’t see your face turning red then.”
“Wow, that bridge is so beautiful!” I gasped, trying to change the subject.
“The designer must have worked really hard to set up all these lights.”
Jordan was amused by my awkward attempt to change the topic. Fortunately, he let the earlier topic drop.
