Chapter 459: Wishes Come True (3)
In fact, she could’ve driven herself to and from work. Her little car remained parked at the Hospital Parking Lot, but Bryan Hawkins insisted on driving her every day.
Her colleagues greatly envied her, their jealousy eventually subsiding to leave only the envy behind.
On the way, Bryan Hawkins controlled the steering wheel with one hand, holding her hand with the other. "You’re on leave tomorrow, aren’t you? So are we going back to the villa tonight?" he asked.
"Are you on leave tomorrow as well?" Carolline Ruiz looked at him. It was Thursday tomorrow, and he had asked her to keep her schedule free. She had originally intended to attend a party, and had told her colleagues she wouldn’t be joining them.
Her colleagues all understood and didn’t give her a hard time. Another colleague ended up taking her place at the event.
The charity banquet hosted by the Miller Family was very important to them, and being able to attend at all was deemed a privilege.
"Would you accompany me to work then?" Bryan Hawkins raised his eyebrows and smiled suggestively.
His romantic experiences with Phoebe Miller had never felt this way. In love, he was a man with restraint. He’d never felt the need to be with his partner twenty-four hours a day.
But now, five years after their split, he found himself wanting to keep Carolline Ruiz by his side every second of every minute. Every time his eyes opened, or he raised his head, he wanted her to be within view. Every time he reached out, he wanted her within arm’s reach.
At first, he thought this change was because they had been apart for five years. Later, he realized that it wasn’t. He just inexplicably wanted to be with Carolline Ruiz every single day.
He’d never before been able to relate to those emperors who would neglect their duties for a woman’s sake but now, he finally understood.