Chapter 1017

Not knowing who it was, Madeline turned on her phone’s flashlight and shone in the direction of the footsteps. “Who is it?” Madeline asked, only to have the floor-to-ceiling windows behind her explode. The glass shattered everywhere. She shouted reflexively and heard the sound of glass exploding again. “Watch out!” A man’s worried tone sounded by her ear. Madeline did not have the chance to take a look at the person when she found herself being pulled into a warm and strong embrace. The musky scent of ebony infiltrated her nostrils. While it was not a familiar scent, Madeline did not find the scent especially new. The sounds of explosion only stopped after a while. However, the building’s lights remained switched off. “Are you alright, Eveline?” Only then did Eveline realize it was Ryan. She shook her head and stared at the broken floor-to-ceiling windows. They were on the 28th floor, so to have the windows broken and the evening wind blowing violently inside, it was dangerou