His voice was cold, his emotion familiar and irresistible, and his tone as pushy as ever when he said, “Apologize, or leave the Argent family for good!”

rieka said, “It’s meaningless now.”

Tamika was puzzled. “What?”

rieka withdrew her hand and replied in a lukewarm tone, “Nothing. Go home.”

Tamika stared at her. “Talk it through with rissa when you get back. You two live under the same roof, after all.”

“Let’s talk about itter.”

The incident happened in the morning. But by the afternoon, it had spread across the campus.

To rieka, it wasn’t a bad thing.

Afterward, rissa was taken to the hospital. Her sidekicks, who had made trouble for ricka at the market, didn’t dare to provoke her again.

As usual, rieka came to the bus station after ss. Bored, she took out her notebook to memorize new words.

A horn honked and interrupted her.

She looked up. A man got out of the passenger seat of the familiar Rolls–Royce.

b12331 /b

It was Kieran’s assistant, Jaume.

“Ms. Huston, please.”

He mechanically opened the door behind the passenger seat.

Only then did it ur to ricka that in her previous life, she had lived in the luxurious bungalow Kieran had bought.

Kieran didn’t invite her. She had shamelessly insisted on living there. saying the house was closer to her university.

Surely, she wouldn’t make that mistake again.

So, she rejected, “No need. I’m going to the Argent’s vi.”

Surprised, the assistant hesitantly turned to the man sitting in the back seat. “Mr. Argent.”

rieka was astonished.

Kieran hade personally to pick her up?

Just then, Kieran got out of the vehicle. In a fitting, customized suit, he was quite striking in the crowd.

“rieka, do you want me to tie you up or are you gonnae over yourself?”

Huh, the usual aggressive control freak.

There was no way rieka could fight him in this.

The haughty Kieran wouldn’t take no for an answer.

In the back seat, rieka held her schoolbag tightly in case the incident from that morning reurred.

The Rolls–Royce drove away. At first, neither she nor Kieran spoke. Then, she realized they weren’t going in the direction of the Argent’s

vi.

ricka frowned. “Not your ce, I wanna go to the Argent’s vi.“.

Kieran closed the file in his hands with a snap..

He slowly took off his sses and said in a hoarse voice, “What are you mad about?”

ricka ignored him. “Let me out. I can go back on my own.”

Then, Kieran ordered, “Show her.”

Jaume, who sat in the passenger seat, turned his head and handed rieka a document. “Ms. Huston, here are the findings of our investigation. Please have a look.”

After a vignt look at Kieran, she took the document.

It was a dead silence in the vehicle except for the sound of her turning the paper.

ricka suddenlyughed.

Jaume looked at Kieran cautiously through the rearview mirror and decided to bite the bullet.

“Ms. Huston, ording to our investigation, a domestic worker in the vi drugged Mr. Argent, not Ms. Whitaker. Please don’t misunderstand.

rieka closed the wless report with a sneer.

This was exactly what happened in her previous life.

Despite Kieran’s investigation, the culpritb, /bRoschelle, bgot /baway eventually and made someone else a scapegoat.

ricka had been fooledst time until Roschelle “kindlyb” /btold her the truth.

She looked at Kieran, her eyes full of mockery. “Kieran, bit’s /bOK bthat /byou wanna protect your beloved woman. I get it.”

Kieran’s brows knitt “ricka, you…”

into a knot as he tried to hold back his banger/b,