Chương 258: "When faced with adversity, don't panic, just take a smoke to calm your nerves."

Lola Hussey is completely exhausted today. She didn't expect to run into Ethan Ainsley after leaving the drama set.

No, he must have been waiting here for her all along!

"I-I-I-I didn't run," she denies emphatically.

The faint fruitwood scent she knows well fills her nostrils. Lola is still somewhat dazed, but the voice in her ears is crystal clear: "Not running? Are you sure you didn't see me and then run away?"

"Hmm?"

"Lola…"

Ethan tightens his grip on her arm.

Fearing that she'll escape again if he lets his guard down.

Because she'd run away that morning, he had waited outside the drama set for her all day without going inside to disturb her filming. Finally, he had waited for her to come out, but she ran as soon as she saw him.

He was only gone for two days, but once he'd returned, his whole world had changed.

The person he loved dedicatedly, started to flee from him now...