Chapter 621

Eleanor bit her lip, her gaze lingering on the man before her, an unspoken tangle of emotions flickering in her eyes. For a brief, suspended moment, words deserted her. Her heartbeat betrayed her composure, quickening until it thundered in her ears. In the hush between them, she could almost hear each pulse like the steady beat of a distant war drum. “Fourth Master, the reason you’re watching this is…” Jacob’s voice suddenly cut in from behind, snapping the moment in half. Having just parked the car, he strolled over with an easy smile tugging at his lips. “It was just a random recommendation from the website,” he explained. Robert wasn’t the sort of man who wasted time on dating shows. His encounter with Heartbeat Moment had been pure chance—a pop-up recommendation flashing across his laptop screen late one night while he worked. He had intended to close it without a thought… until his eyes caught a familiar face framed in the preview thumbnail. Susan. And then, inexplicably, his hand