It wasn’t long before Den 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.

Suddenlyb, /ba cold voice sounded above her head. “Aren’t you nning to leave?”

Huh? Halley quickly looked up. There was confusion in her pretty eyes when she met Den’s eyes.

She didn’t know when Den hade 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.”

Pan and Alleen couldn’t keep her there if that were the case. “Alright, miss. You cane 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 hade. The alleys here were very muddy, and she could only lift up the hem of her skirt as she carefully stepped on bthe /b

cleaner areas.

Suddenly, arge man walked up in front of her. He was drunk and smelled of balcohol/b. His eyes lit up when he saw Hailey.

“Where did this little bgirl /be from? Come. Have a drink with me.”

The fear of facing Storm Killerst night was still fresh in Halley’s mind. Now that she had gotten herself involved with a drunkard, bshe /bthought 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’te willingly, I’ll make you! Just wait and see how I’ll deal with you once I catch youb!/b”

Hailey screamed in fright, “Help! Help…ahh!”

Suddenly, she ran into someone. When she looked up, the cold but handsome face seemedrger than life in her eyes. It bwas /bDen. Den hade. It was like Halley had found a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean.

“Den, help me!”

Therge man had caught up too. He stopped when he saw Den “Oh, it’s you, Den.”

The man was Den’s neighbor, and they knew each other.

Den 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, Den’s arm was slung over her shoulders. Her body could feel the strength of his as heartbeat started to quicken.

The man looked at Den andughed. “Den, is this your girlfriend?

His girlfriend? Suddenly, Halley heard Den’s chilly breply/b.

arm through the thin fabric of her clothing. Hailey’s

He was saying that she was his girlfriend? Halley looked up at Den in shock.

Den 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 band /bhandsome side profile.

apologies, Den. I didn’t recognize her just now. That’s good, you’re in university r

now, bso /bit’s about time you got a

The manughed. “Haha, my apologie girlfriend to.”

Den looked at the man coldly and didn’t speak

The man said, “I’m leaving then.”

bH /b

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?”