Chapter 30

Allison was shaking violently, engulfed in a tidal wave of humiliation.

She bit her lip hard, and her fists balled up light. Unable to bear any more of the disgrace, she skedaddled from the office in a hurry.

Who knew how long it took before she found a tree to lean on, her tears finally breaking free.

She and this man were from different worlds.

She was indeed from the wrong side of the tracks; she never deluded herself about that.

But she was genuinely drawn to his tenderness. It turned out that he was a real jerk to everyone else but Penelope.

Back in the office, Lucian rubbed his tired forehead. He had regained his composure, with no sign of the earlier meltdown on his handsome face.

Then a strange ringtone went off. He looked down to see a phone on the carpet.

it up and saw ‘Daisy‘ displayed on the screen.

It lacked the features of modern phones, but she

charm

fingers gently caressing the charm that had appeared in his dreams

Allison

in Brookhaven

most desperate, a girl in a light yellow dress with this charm appeared and told

up, he was

face, but her childish

“Don’t sleep.”

the phone and his eyes never left the aged charm.

a few minutes, he dialed Shawn, “Help me look up a woman named Allison.”

Shawn was puzzled, “The maid

“Yeah.”

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