Chapter 305

Faced with this woman who was blatantly making herself at home, Matthew Quinn found himself oddly helpless. He couldn't just haul her out, could he? Calling bodyguards to drag her away didn’t sit right either. Those rough guys had no clue how to treat a lady—they might accidentally hurt her, and that’d be a mess. The more he thought about it, the more something felt off. Just a few days ago in his office at Lawrence Quinn Group, he hadn’t even blinked before calling security to throw Chloe Garland out. She might’ve stepped out of line, but they’d grown up together. And this Serena Dawson? A woman he barely knew and had just met? The comparison made the storm in his head even wilder. Still, at thirty-five, Matthew had long since mastered the art of looking calm no matter how chaotic his thoughts were beneath the surface. He stood there, back to Serena, silently thinking for quite a while before speaking coolly. “Let’s sit and talk.” “That’s more like proper hospitality,” Serena chuckled