Lily covered her face and ran back to her room, leaning against the door after she closed it. It took her a long while to stabilize her breathing.
Aidan Lucas… how could he so blatantly flirt with her?
Didn't he know he was still under observation?
Annoyed with herself, Lily shook her head and placed the ring box on the table before stepping into the bathroom.
Seeing her flushed face in the mirror, she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
She really was useless, spoiling the advantageous situation David Redington had orchestrated for her.
If Aidan Lucas had been cold to her, maybe she could've grown some backbone.
But his sexy and seductive behavior, his teasing yet not-quite-smiling gaze, was clearly cheating.
Against this kind of Aidan Lucas, Lily had always been powerless.
The fact that she managed to leave him, dizzy and weak-kneed from his kisses, was already a vast improvement from four years ago.
