As I headed to work in the morning, I spotted a familiar Rolls-Royce Cullinan parked downstairs. Adrian was in the driver’s seat, waving at me.
I had planned to turn him down. Since I wasn’t looking for a relationship, I didn’t want to give him false hope.
But his words left me unable to refuse.
"Juliana, just because I like you, does that mean we can’t even be friends? I helped you yesterday. As payment, give me a chance to pursue you."
He had indeed helped me—a lot. Not just yesterday. If EverSterling hadn’t taken me in back then, I might not have had the courage to stand against Sebastian so soon.
And Adrian was right—I still wanted to be friends with him.
So, I hesitated no longer and got into his car.
However, when we were about half a mile from the office, I asked him to drop
