Ranita’s eyes turned red from the kiss.
It was a clumsy and stumbling encounter.
Ranita’s anger surged up and then subsided, back and forth. In the end, she had no choice but to let him kiss her.
“Still angry?” Brendon let go of her, his nose in front of her, his breath brushing against her cheeks, leaving a trail of warmth.
Ranita’s tightly clenched fingers trembled a few times.
She kept her eyes closed and remained silent.
It was clear that she was still angry.
Brendon opened his mouth, holding back his frustration. Why should he apologize? Why should he lower himself… It was clearly her… Brendon really wanted to ask her, did she truly have feelings for him? Or was she just using him as a replacement for someone else?
“If you like Makhi accompanying you so much, then let him come!” Brendon stuffed the ice pack into Ranita’s hand and walked away without looking back.
The coldness emanating from him made Ranita’s heart ache.
A sourness churned in her throat. Ranita pursed her lips, lowered her eyelashes, enduring the discomfort with all her might.
At the doorway, Brendon ran into Makhi.
“Brendon…”
“Makhi! You bastard!” Brendon’s eyes turned crimson, and he angrily grabbed Makhi by the collar, pushing him forcefully against the wall.
Thud! The impact made a painful sound.
Makhi frowned and held his hand, “Brendon, what are you doing!”
“I…” Brendon was truly angry, but he didn’t want to tell Makhi the reason. “It’s nothing.”
Brendon turned around with a cold face and walked away as if he had swallowed explosives.
“Brendon, have you misunderstood something?” Makhi thought for a moment and chased after him to explain, “I have no romantic involvement with Ranita, Brendon, calm down.”
Brendon looked at Makhi with cold eyes, and the fire of anger in his heart burned even fiercer.
“Even if it’s not Ranita, if it’s any other partner, I would still help. Don’t misunderstand.” Makhi paused, pursing his lips and said, “We grew up together as childhood friends, I wouldn’t do anything to betray you.”
Bitterness crept onto Brendon’s lips.
Yes, he was unintentional, but Ranita had secretly loved him for many years.
“No need to say more, I have something to do, I’ll leave first.”
“Brendon!” Makhi grabbed Brendon forcefully and pulled him back in front of Ranita. “Ranita, I want to explain in front of Brendon, just now I…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Brendon’s phone rang.
When Brendon took out his phone, Ranita saw the name on the screen and couldn’t help but look over.
As Brendon answered the call in front of her, his voice was low, “Shannon, what do you need?”
Upon hearing Shannon’s name, Ranita’s heart skipped a beat.
Her breath seemed to be suddenly blocked, causing a sharp pain. Ranita didn’t dare to look at him or listen…
“Does it hurt a lot?” the man said, glancing at Ranita, but noticed that she was staring blankly at Makhi.
Brendon gritted his teeth, turned around, and said, “Okay, I’ll come over now.”
The man’s figure disappeared.
Ranita still hadn’t recovered her senses.
“Ranita!” Makhi was in a dilemma. He seemed to have done something good with good intentions. He took the ice pack from her hand and said in a low voice, “Aren’t your fingers cold? They’re all freezing red!”
Makhi felt guilty and said, “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.”
The light in Ranita’s eyes gradually faded. She lowered her eyelashes and spoke in a cool tone, “Mr. Terry, you don’t need to apologize. I should be the one apologizing. It’s my fault that I got you involved.”
Makhi’s eyelashes trembled lightly as he looked at Ranita’s face and smiled, saying, “It’s okay. I will explain everything to Brendon. Don’t worry.”