Chapter 573

Even though the car's interior wasn't exactly cramped, for Le Su it felt suffocatingly small—so small she could barely breathe. There was no escape. Pressing a hand to her chest, she pulled herself out of Victor's embrace, her heart pounding so violently it seemed ready to leap out of her ribcage. "Sorry," she muttered, mortified, turning her face toward the window as if that could erase the fact she'd just kissed him. Normally, she was certain this man would respond with a casual "It's fine," but today, her apology hung in the air unanswered. As if he wasn’t willing to let that kiss slide. "I—I didn’t mean to," she stammered, the shock sobering her up slightly. The man tilted his head slightly, his intense gaze burning into her shrinking figure before he finally exhaled softly. "Not blaming you." Some people—you don’t need to see them every day, or even every year. Yet they linger in your heart, missed beyond words. Between the nerves and the motion of the car, Le Su suddenly felt a w