Chapter 21 Dropped Towel
In Sunset Ridge Estates.
Mars had been in a frightened state since the accident. He hadn’t spoken a word that night and clung to Gladys.
In the end, Timothy was worried about his health and tried his hardest to convince Mars that Gladys was alright. And Zachary brought him back to his room.
Zachary bathed him and tucked him in. After Mars fell asleep, the whole house quieted down. Yet, there were a thousand thoughts running through Zachary’s mind frantically.
The first time he met Gladys, she called him blind and was rude with her sharp tongue. The second they met, she was with an old man, and he felt she had no self- respect. The third time they met, she broke into his house, pretending to be Julie again.
In his impression, she was rude and had no manners, always up to something.
But when the accident happened, he saw how she risked her life to save Mars. She jumped off the building without thinking and protected Mars with her body. Without her, Mars might be seriously hurt. After the accident, her first reaction was to check Mars over, paying no mind to herself.
She acted brave and swift. And she had put Mars’s safety above her own. Judging from her actions that day alone, she wasn’t cunning and manipulative. She seemed to be an innocent sweet woman.
Did he misjudge her before?
A ringtone broke the silence and snapped Zachary out of his trance.
Zachary didn’t want to wake Mars and took out the phone. He was surprised that it wasn’t his phone, but Gladys. He had pocketed it after she fell.
The caller ID on the large screen was Kiss Baby.
Zachary thought, “Is that a man? What a sickly sweet nickname. How cringy.”
13:06
He frowned and stared at the screen for three seconds before muting it. He got up and took the phone to Gladys‘ room across the hallway.
With one arm in a cast. Gladys was taking a shower in the bathroom. She frowned when she heard the knock.
It was late. Who would it be? Did Mars still worry about her and want to share a bed?
She hurriedly wrapped a towel around her body and ran out.
She pulled the door open violently.
To her surprise, it was Zachary who was standing outside of her room.
He was his usual self. Noble, elegant, and clad in a suit. Just standing there, hel looked like a charismatic deity.
His voice didn’t betray his emotions. “A man called.”
What? A man?
Curious and confused, Gladys took the phone and pulled up the caller history. She understood it was a misunderstanding when she saw the name Kiss Baby.
It was Vicky. He got it wrong.
This was good. She couldn’t let him find out about Vicky.
“Thank…thanks. It’s late. You should go to bed.” Feeling guilty, Gladys put the phone behind her back unnaturally.
Zachary furrowed his thick eyebrows.
He thought, “That’s it? There’s no explanation? So, it’s really a man calling her. She’s trying to get rid of me. Look how eager she is. Does she think I’m hampering her to call that man back?”
For some reason, the idea made Zachary jealous. Then, he thought it was none of his business. “Why would I care about her nickname for her man or whether she’s going to call him?”
He snorted and turned aloofly, going back to his room.
Gladys was ready to close the door and return Vicky’s call.
13:06
But the movement had pulled her towel loose as she didn’t tie it properly because of her arm.
It landed on the floor with a thud.
She was caught off guard and stood naked in the brightly–lit hallway.
Zachary heard the noise and turned around automatically. Then he saw…
Gladys‘ sexy body seemed to be glowing under the lights.
