Chapter 226
Audrey walked to the guest room door and knocked, intending to ask Ryan if he wanted breakfast, but there was no response. She pushed the door open.
The room was neatly arranged and showed no signs of anyone sleeping there. The bathroom
was empty too.
He couldn’t have gone to work so early, could he?
Audrey tightened her nightgown. Just as she was about to take out her phone, hesitating whether to call Ryan and ask, she received a message, and it was from Ryan.
Ryan’s message read, “I won’t come over these days. I’ll pick you up on the day of Mr. Lambert Senior’s birthday banquet.”
Audrey returned to the living room and sat down on the couch. She held her phone. absentmindedly.
In fact, Audrey had felt something was off with Ryan since the previous night. She was sure that he had come to have feelings for her at the dining hall, but he had stopped just in time, unlike the previous days when he had been relentlessly pursuing her with aggressive
dominance.
She had clearly felt Ryan’s mad possessiveness toward her before. But now, was he deliberately being cold to her?
But why?
Was it because he saw Samuel’s profile?
Was it because he was jealous and upset when she wore Matteo’s suit?
Or was he tired of her?
It wasn’t until she heard the sound of rain tapping on the windows outside that Audrey snapped out of her thoughts. She got up and walked to the floor–to–ceiling window, looking out at the pouring rain in Mythravia.
She didn’t know when she had started feeling anxious about Ryan.
Perhaps it was because a man as calm and composed as Ryan had shown her extreme and intense affection in private, and his sudden withdrawal left her at a loss.
Aside from Nathan, Audrey had little experience with romantic relationships. She was arguably blank in that regard.
Chapter 226
Her Initial relationship with Nathan had been natural. She had been attracted to Nathan’s persistent and somewhat obsessive love for her. This was because she was abandoned by her family and needed such love to fill the void in her heart.
To Audrey, Ryan had always been more rational than emotional.
Audrey would have found it hard to imagine that she would one day harbor illicit thoughts about Ryan, who was always in suit.
Pushing aside her jumbled thoughts, Audrey warmed up a glass of milk and sat down on the carpet near the couch. She flipped through the files of the board members and senior executives of Lambert Corporation that Edward had sent over.
Once she got into work mode, Audrey quickly pushed aside her distractions,
After finishing reviewing the documents, Audrey called Edward. “Edward, could you please provide me with the information on the families of the board members and senior executives of the group as well? It would be best if there are photos to prevent me from not recognizing them when I meet them in the future.”
“Have you finished reviewing the documents?” Edward asked.
“Yes, I’ve finished reviewing them all. Don’t worry, I’ve remembered everything,” Audrey replied.
“Alright, I’ll organize it and send it to your email before tonight.”
“Thank you.”
After hanging up the phone, Audrey stretched lazily. It was already past four in the afternoon. She had only drunk a glass of milk since she woke up this morning, and now, after finishing reviewing all the documents, she started to feel hungry.
Audrey’s phone vibrated, and she turned around to pick it up from the couch. It was a call from Daphne.
She answered, “Daphne!”
“Audrey, Azure, Joseph, and I came to Mythravia University for an exchange and it’s just finished now. We’re going back to Cloudmill tomorrow. Do you have time tonight? Let’s have dinner together!” Daphne sounded cheerful.
“Why did you only tell me now?” Audrey was also pleasantly surprised.
“Oh! That old geezer said you’re busy now and told us not to disturb you while we’re in Mythravia. But since we’re leaving tomorrow, I couldn’t resist calling you!” Daphne
