Chapter 235. Hold Something Precious

As Rico and Calla stepped out of the mansion through the back door near the conservatory, Calla instinctively glanced around. Her brows pulled together slightly.

This wasn’t the direction of the front driveway. Which meant, they weren’t taking the car?

She looked at Rico walking beside her. He looked normal, with one hand staying in his pocket while the other loosely held hers as he led her down the stone path.

Calla opened her mouth, then closed it, not finding the right words to say. Maybe she should wait.

But when he continued walking past the garden and toward the darker path behind the mansion where the trees began, she couldn’t hold it anymore.

“Uhm…” she called softly, and Rico looked at her. She pointed ahead. “Don’t you think this is the wrong way?”

He stopped