Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 20

Chapter 20 As Different as Day and Night

Erin was taken aback; she’d never thought that he would care about her. Her tone softened as she replied, “It’s getting better. I’m almost fully recovered.”

He nodded, satisfied with her answer.

He patted the seat next to him. “Come here.”

“No thanks. If you have something you want to say, just say it.” Erin was starting to panic and even took two steps backward.

Chandler chuckled. “You seem scared of me.”

She sneered. “Right, it’s not like you look like a monster; why would I be afraid of you?”

Though she claimed that she wasn’t afraid, she still didn’t get any closer to him.

Chandler didn’t force her, either. He placed his coffee mug down and gave a sticky note that was on the table a light knock. “Find all the books that are on this list.”

He’d asked her to come up to look for books?

Chandler continued reading the news, so Erin slowly moved toward him and picked up the sticky note. She was surprised to see that a few of the books on the list were design books that she’d wanted but hadn’t ended up buying.

She looked around the office and moved a nearby chair toward the large bookshelf to pick out the books according to the list. Half an hour later, she’d found all 12 original copies of the books.

She placed them on the table and said, “I’ve found them. Can I go now?”

His voice was cold, and he was still reading

“Okay.”

just about to leave when he said, “Take the books home with

So the books were for

excitement died down almost immediately. “These books are in another language, and I’m not

his flawless face to look at her mockingly. “So you have time to look for excuses,

her the books, she had no

to the office burst open suddenly and a pleasant voice rang

“Claire,

early 20s walked in. She was roughly 5’4” tall, with clear, unblemished skin, and was

face him on the couch and pouted,

had happened yet. His expression was

and waved a hand. Kyle nodded and left, gently shutting the

he’d given Claire her own elevator card for easy access to his office before she’d left the country. That’s why she was able to bypass Kyle’s office and come straight to

I’ve been quite busy these days and couldn’t

you go shopping with me tonight,

he wanted to pamper her. “Okay, let’s

me? I haven’t had breakfast yet because I wanted to see you.” Her voice was naive

had been closed off,

darkened, and he stood up. Even his eyebrows

had both her hands

of the table tidying up some books. Erin deliberately had her back toward her so Claire couldn’t

is she?” she

Erin

Erin relax, but to her surprise, it also

shifted back to Chandler, and she said, “Chandy, do you remember? We used to go to that restaurant near our house, and now it’s another fancy restaurant, although it looks like a diner. Why don’t we go

gentle and steady.

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