Chapter 2362: Chapter 166: You Never Told Me Apologies Had a Time Limit
Chapter 2362: Chapter 166: You Never Told Me Apologies Had a Time Limit
Momo’s gaze met Ye Zhan’s, then immediately shifted away.
After speaking, she bent down to pick up the suitcase that Mo Ziye had placed on the ground.
A flicker of contemplation passed through Mo Ziye’s eyes; he didn’t stop Momo from taking the luggage, only raised his eyes to look at Ye Zhan.
From a few steps away, Ye Zhan’s eyes fell slightly.
His gaze landed on Momo’s fingers gripping the suitcase handle; her fingers were slender and white, with clean and beautiful nails.
As she walked past him, the unique and fresh scent of a woman wafted into his nostrils. Before his brain could issue a command, his hand had already reached out.
“I’ll take you to the airport.”
His voice was deep and rich, very pleasant to hear.
His well-defined hand covered hers on the suitcase handle. Due to his height, he bent slightly, and his warm, masculine scent wrapped around her eardrums.
Causing Momo’s heart to skip a beat suddenly.
A gentle warmth spread from the skin on the back of her hand, with an indescribable feeling that accompanied the warmth, spreading throughout her body.
Her hand stiffened, her body too.
For a moment, her mind was somewhat chaotic.
The atmosphere in the living room turned subtle in an instant.
Not far away, Mo Ziye’s long, narrow eyes squinted slightly, his thin lips pressed together without a word.
Ye Zhan held Momo’s hand for a few seconds before she slowly turned her little face, her gentle eyes clouded with a thin mist, concealing her fluctuating emotions.
“I’ll help you carry it.”
Ye Zhan added another sentence.
Momo wanted to say she didn’t need him to take her.
However, the words changed at the tip of her tongue, “Thank you then.”
She withdrew her hand from his palm, the residual warmth on the back of her hand quickly chased away by the cold air.
She pressed her lips together, turned her head, and said to Mo Ziye, “I’m leaving, be careful here.”
“Hmm.”
Mo Ziye, hands in his pockets, watched them casually.
Seeing Momo step towards the door, Ye Zhan reminded Mo Ziye, “I’ll come back later to talk to you.”
With Ye Zhan taking Momo to the airport,
Yuanshan and Yuanfeng didn’t need to go.
Ye Zhan was still driving his Range Rover, its ostentatious license plate slightly glaring, yet he considered himself low-key.
As he placed the luggage, Momo opened the passenger’s seat door herself and sat inside, pulling the seatbelt across and buckling it up.
After arranging the luggage and getting in the car, Ye Zhan saw that she had already buckled up, sitting quietly and waiting for him to start driving.
His eyes flickered slightly.
While buckling his seatbelt, he asked gently, “What time’s your flight?”
Momo replied, it was her family’s plane.
His eyes showed a hint of warmth, “Got it.”
The car hit the road, leaving the villa area, heading towards the Imperial Capital Airport.
Momo turned her body slightly to admire the scenery outside the window, giving Ye Zhan a side profile.
The car was silent for a while, quiet to the point of dullness.
“I saw your chat history with Yi Ze.”
Ye Zhan’s voice suddenly broke the silence, causing Momo to be momentarily stunned.
A few seconds later, she reacted and turned her head to look at him, meeting his gaze.
Their eyes collided once again.
In the air, something seemed to explode open.
Somewhat subtle, yet also slightly irritating.
Momo pursed her lips, looking at him without speaking.
She had said last night that he was crazy.
He did see it after all.
Lately, she hadn’t received a message from Feng Yize; could it be because he saw it, and that’s why Feng Yize didn’t reply?
“Are you still mad at me?”
Seeing her pursing her lips and not speaking, Ye Zhan instead smiled a little.
This smile made his already handsome features even more charming and alluring, capable of turning worlds upside down.
Momo was momentarily dazed looking at him.
She always knew Ye Zhan was good-looking. Even though he was a soldier, when not in uniform, he seemed more like a graceful young gentleman.
Although reserved in temperament, cool and indifferent, hiding his sharp edges, he couldn’t hide his charm.
She had said before, if he wanted to, there would be a pile of women who liked him, losing themselves for him.
Such a man was truly a scourge on earth.
“What are you laughing at?”
She asked sulkily.
Suppressing the emotions he stirred within her.
Ye Zhan looked at her with gentle eyes, saying delightfully, “You look cute when you’re angry.”
“…”
“I shouldn’t have been so harsh with you yesterday, especially when you had just escaped danger from the fugitives. I apologize, don’t stay mad, or you’ll hurt yourself.”
“…”
Momo’s eyes widened slightly in surprise.
She watched Ye Zhan’s handsome face with a faint smile, listening to his rich voice filled with apology, yet his eyes clearly carried a teasing glint.
Almost as if he was trying to coax a child.
Don’t be angry!
Feeling stifled, she coldly said, “It’s too late to apologize now.”
This time, Ye Zhan was the one surprised.
He seemed not to have anticipated that she wouldn’t accept his apology.
Even saying it was already too late.
In his impression, she wasn’t the type to be unreasonable. On the contrary, because of her background and upbringing, Momo felt gentle and smart, not spirited or lively but gentle.
Yet at this moment, her expression and tone showed nothing but capriciousness.
The kind of queenly demeanor where what’s said goes.
Ye Zhan raised a handsome eyebrow, “You didn’t tell me apologies had a time limit.”
“…”
Momo was at a loss for words because of Ye Zhan, “Of course there is, if you had apologized last night, I might have accepted, now I won’t.”
Ye Zhan’s grip on the steering wheel suddenly tightened.
He turned his face to look at her with deep, dark eyes.
Momo raised her chin stubbornly.
Ye Zhan withdrew his gaze, turning his head to focus on the road ahead.
The atmosphere didn’t become tense due to the sudden silence.
Momo stopped looking out the window, instead letting her gaze fall idly on his large hand gripping the steering wheel.
Flashing through her mind was yesterday afternoon when he held her close while rolling on the ground, she was shielded in his embrace with this very hand.
Back then, Shi Dongliang and his subordinates were firing at her and Qingqing.
Listening to the bullets whistling past her ears with the cold wind, she was indeed very scared in her heart. She was still young and didn’t want to die.
Besides, she always feared pain.
If she got shot, even if it didn’t kill her, it would hurt terribly.
Yet he held her tightly.
Not only disregarding his own safety, but also using his body to face the danger.
Thinking of this, a fine layer of emotion suddenly welled up in her heart. She lifted her eyes, just about to say to let it go and to forgive him.
But Ye Zhan’s voice reached her first.
The same calm and deep voice resonated within the car, “I went to your house last night, intending to apologize. But I saw Huo Song waiting for you there, so I left so as not to inconvenience you.”
“…”
Momo’s delicate face shifted subtly.
She didn’t understand what he meant by this.
But her heart tightened slightly because of his words.
A couple of seconds later, she heard him continue lightly, “I learned lip-reading when I was on missions in the past.”