Chapter 204. Keeping the Daddy and Daughter Apart

Arriving home, Ayana’s mind was ringing with events of the scene that had occurred. The emotions of the past, and of the moments that followed after Robert almost ran her over, were all conflicting within her. She would have wanted to regard the situation as just a mere unnerving one-time encounter and forget all about it, but something strong was against that idea.

She was burning with anger, and on top of that, the fear of another such encounter gnawed at her. She could not shake anything about that man from her head. His presence had aroused even the memories she had long buried.

She sank into the couch with Adam’s heel. She felt drained, both physically and emotionally, as if the encounter had snatched all her energy and left her feeling sunken and empty inside. The urge to paint, which usually served as her solace in times of distress, seemed distant and unattainable in that moment.

Adam sat beside her, his presence a comforting anchor amidst the storm of her