Chapter 25

“Look out!” Erian exclaimed, approaching at an impressive speed and grabbing the pot from his unsteady grip.

Charlotte looked at him with her eyes wide open in shock; she hadn’t even heard him approach; her hand flew to her chest, right where her heart was beating at an impressive speed; the man was about to give her a heart attack!

Despite this, he had the decency to look contrite.

“I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to scare you,” He muttered as he reached over and took her hands in his. “Did you get burned?”

Charlotte was still getting over the shock and deep down a spark of anger was beginning to concentrate inside her, yet she could barely utter a word when his hands took hers, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up and she swallowed saliva conscious of the new and accelerated heart rate in he