Chapter 296
It wasn’t long before Declan was serving the sweet and sour pork ribs. It looked and smelled delicious. He had also cooked some cucumber, which was less heavy on the taste buds. Hailey hadn’t been hungry at first, but now she had started to feel hungry.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded above her head. “Aren’t you planning to leave?”
Huh? Halley quickly looked up. There was confusion in her pretty eyes when she met Declan’s eyes.
She didn’t know when Declan had come up beside her. He was looking at her coldly.
Halley was slightly embarrassed. She quickly said, “Mrs. Zamora, Aileen, my dad called me and asked me to return home now.”
Panela and Alleen couldn’t keep her there if that were the case. “Alright, miss. You can come and visit us again next time.”
With that, Hailey walked out and waved hack at them sweetly, “Alright, bye–bye.”
Halley returned the way she had come. The alleys here were very muddy, and she could only lift up the hem of her skirt as she carefully stepped on the
cleaner areas.
Suddenly, a large man walked up in front of her. He was drunk and smelled of alcohol. His eyes lit up when he saw Hailey.
“Where did this little girl come from? Come. Have a drink with me.”
The fear of facing Storm Killer last night was still fresh in Halley’s mind. Now that she had gotten herself involved with a drunkard, she thought fast and quickly turned to run away.
“Stop running!” The man quickly caught up to her. He cursed as he ran, “Little bitch, if you don’t come willingly, I’ll make you! Just wait and see how I’ll deal with you once I catch you!”
Hailey screamed in fright, “Help! Help…ahh!”
Suddenly, she ran into someone. When she looked up, the cold but handsome face seemed larger than life in her eyes. It was Declan. Declan had come. It was like Halley had found a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean.
“Declan, help me!”
The large man had caught up too. He stopped when he saw Declan “Oh, it’s you, Declan.”
The man was Declan’s neighbor, and they knew each other.
Declan remained expressionless as he lifted an arm and put it around Hailey’s shoulders, pulling her into his embrace. Hailey froze
Even though she had been engaged to Ewan before, they hadn’t even held hands, never mind embracing each other.
Right now, Declan’s arm was slung over her shoulders. Her body could feel the strength of his as heartbeat started to quicken.
The man looked at Declan and laughed. “Declan, is this your girlfriend?
His girlfriend? Suddenly, Halley heard Declan’s chilly reply.
arm through the thin fabric of her clothing. Hailey’s
He was saying that she was his girlfriend? Halley looked up at Declan in shock.
Declan didn’t look at her, but his gaze was fixed on the drunken man. From the angle Halley was looking up at him, she could only see his cold and handsome side profile.
apologies, Declan. I didn’t recognize her just now. That’s good, you’re in university r
now, so it’s about time you got a
The man laughed. “Haha, my apologie girlfriend to.”
Declan looked at the man coldly and didn’t speak
The man said, “I’m leaving then.”
H
away, he spat and muttered, “He’s just a drug dealer’s little bastard, what right does he have to act
He turned and left. When he had walked some distance av all high and mighty like that?”
