Chapter 220

Nicole understood Jared had to work, so she did not want to bother him.

She turned her head to look out of the window at the twilight outside.

The person sitting next to her gave her a sense of security.

The half-bottle of red wine gradually fermented and precipitated in her body, making her feel warm.

Nicole unconsciously closed her eyes.

Jared was making a video call.

He seemed to have felt something and took off his headset, then looked over at Nicole.

The ray of sunset fell on her face, making a beautiful picture of her in his eyes.

On the other end of the video call, Dino saw the side profile of his boss’s face and was wide eyed.

His boss looked so gentle as if a boat drifting at sea had finally found a harbor to dock.

It was also as if a drowning man had seen a lighthouse in the vast sea.

His boss had landed on an island that belonged to him alone.

Jared took a thin blanket from beside him and gently covered it over Nicole’s body.

He then turned his face around expressionlessly and cut off the video call with Dino.

Dino stared at the black screen, still wide-eyed.

Suddenly, a window popped up along with a concise line of text.



(She has fallen asleep.

Send the message now.)

Dino looked incredulously at the message, realizing that the relationship between Nicole and his boss
was indeed unusual.

Still, he told Jared about the unfinished business.

Mecrounia had held an election recently, and the new president seemed to have a lot of opinions about
the Hustuaburgian; business in the Mecrounian market was tough, with many projects facing problems.

He asked Jared what he should do and whether he needed to adjust their strategy.

Jared looked at Dino’s messages expressionlessly.

He then casually replied, (Wait a little longer.

Dino raised an eyebrow.

He was in the middle of a mountain range, and when he received this message, he immediately
understood Jared’s meaning and replied with a confirmation.

(Onderstood.)

Jared put his things aside and sat there, quietly looking at Nicole’s face while she slept.

There was a look of hesitation in his eyes as il a traveler stumbled upon a treasure,

Wait a little longer

it was said not only to Dino but also to himsell



He did not want to put some kind of an irresistible burden on Nicole.

He was happy as long as the two of them felt comfortable with each other, and she would smile at him
without having

to guard herself against him constantly.

Jared stared at Nicole for a long time, unaware of the time, the setting of the sun, and the rising of the
moon outside.

He was as if a carving, also as if an unknown guardian spreading his white wings and half-wrapping the
girl in front of him in his arms.

Nicole only slowly woke up when the plane landed.

She looked at the closed porthole, heard the beeping sound of the plane landing in her ear, and let her
eyes adjust to the dim light in the cabin before she stood up straight.

The busy work these two days had exhausted her.

But her long-term habits allowed her to go on unaffected.

Nicole did not expect to be able to get such a long, good sleep.

Upon waking up, Nicole looked around.

Her vision at night was good.

The dim light hardly affected her.

Soon, seeing Jared sitting with his eyes closed beside her, she took the thin blanket that covered her,
wanting to put it on him.



Just then, Jared opened his eyes and looked at her with very awake eyes, as if he did not sleep at all just
now.

“You’re awake,” he said.

His gentle voice sounded as if a mountain spring flowed through her heart, bringing with it a kind of icy
reverberation.

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