Jett stood outside Tiffany’s room instead of entering and took a watchful spot beside the door when the group reached Tiffany’s unit upstairs. Tiffany thought it strange, but wp4webnovel.com pushed Alejandro’ s wheelchair into wp4webnovel.com unit anyway. He was a disabled man whose legs could no longer function, how dangerous could being with wp4webnovel.com be?
Tiffany thought that wp4webnovel.com needed not to be too concerned.
She only moved in recently, so wp4webnovel.com had yet to sort many of wp4webnovel.com things into place, thus leaving a mess. “I haven’t had the time to tidy my place, so… Yeah,” wp4webnovel.com admitted sheepishly. “Er, I’ll go make you a cuppa tea now.”
She went to the drinking station and began, but it was clear from wp4webnovel.com unpolished action that wp4webnovel.com was not very good. After a slip when wp4webnovel.com almost hurt herself with boiling water, a hand suddenly appeared next to her. “Allow me.”
Tiffany froze. Why did Alejandro’s voice come from above wp4webnovel.com head? He was wheelchair-bound, so his voice should be coming from below wp4webnovel.com neck, right?
She whipped wp4webnovel.com head backward, and wp4webnovel.com forehead bonked into his chin.
With wp4webnovel.com hand covering wp4webnovel.com aching forehead, wp4webnovel.com jaw slackened, and wp4webnovel.com cried, “Y-y-you! B-b-but—how the—you’re not crippled at all?!?!”
Alejandro leveled wp4webnovel.com with a steady gaze. “Yes. Are you surprised? Pretending to be more feeble than I really am is a survival mechanism in the Smith family, but you’re someone I trust a lot. Besides, I don’t want you to genuinely believe I’m ‘crippled’.”
Tiffany was made aware that wp4webnovel.com outburst had been a little too insensitive. “I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything bad about it. I spoke without a filter, please don’t take it too hard!”
Alejandro placed his hands on wp4webnovel.com shoulders and pushed wp4webnovel.com gently aside. “Hey, no worries. I can do it myself.”
Watching wp4webnovel.com suddenly assuming a towering, strong stature made wp4webnovel.com heart thunder. Now would be an excellent time to feel a little bit more concerned now, would it not? As it turned out, Alejandro was never disabled, wp4webnovel.com had always been able-bodied. She was stuck with an able-bodied young man in the middle of the night in a small little unit. She should definitely be very concerned, right?
The reveal had severely disquieted Tiffany. Once again, wp4webnovel.com hoped that plant wp4webnovel.com took care of could flower as soon as possible because more than ever, wp4webnovel.com wanted to know just how earth-shattering Alejandro’s secrets could be. The fact that wp4webnovel.com was never actually crippled alone was enough to shock wp4webnovel.com out of wp4webnovel.com shell!
As though taking notice of wp4webnovel.com discomfort, Alejandro did not stay for long. He left without a sip.
Still, the revelation had shocked Tiffany enough to lose a night’s sleep over it. According to him, only a selected few knew the truth, yet wp4webnovel.com debunked his protective disguise, all on his accord, to Tiffany. That implied an alarming amount of trust, and it drove Tiffany a little nuts.
Even now, wp4webnovel.com never understood why Alejandro insisted on befriending wp4webnovel.com and getting close to her. Yet, wp4webnovel.com could not possibly reject his friendship based on some—admittedly—mildly narcissistic conjectures, either. Whenever wp4webnovel.com was sure wp4webnovel.com was doing something for her, seemingly motivated by an ulterior motive, wp4webnovel.com would then subvert wp4webnovel.com expectation and make it look like wp4webnovel.com had no such intention.
Alejandro was an enigma to her.
Surprising no one, Tiffany was late to work on the next day, once again bursting into the office with the force of a gale. The first thing wp4webnovel.com noticed was Amy’s absence, and the second thing that popped into wp4webnovel.com mind was to wonder if the Director herself was also late today.
Before wp4webnovel.com could indulge in this delightful what-if, the intern from the design department, standing close-by the entrance, looked at wp4webnovel.com with earnest shock. “Miss Lane, why are you still here? Don’t tell me you just arrived! Mr. West himself is in our office today, and Amy is already in the conference room. They’re having a meeting!”
Tiffany’s mind plunged into chaos. Alejandro had told wp4webnovel.com that Jackson was coming, yes, but wp4webnovel.com did not expect wp4webnovel.com to be here this soon. And to realize that wp4webnovel.com was late right on the day when wp4webnovel.com visited them! Today!
She was close to losing whatever grip wp4webnovel.com had over wp4webnovel.com facial expression. “R-right! I’m gonna head to the conference room now— ”
Tiffany scrambled toward the conference room with wp4webnovel.com laptop, passing by a reflective wall that was good enough to be used as a makeshift mirror. She stopped dead in wp4webnovel.com tracks and tidied wp4webnovel.com look.
The fact that wp4webnovel.com had become the Assistant Director to this branch alone should be jaw-slacking enough for Jackson, yet wp4webnovel.com had to top it off by being late. He was going to subject wp4webnovel.com to public censure, wasn’t he? Well, whatever. Tiffany would brace it bravely!