For a long time, Ariah was too embarrassed to turn around to look at Kobi, afraid that he would look sad upon finding out the truth.
But they couldn't just stay silent like this. Thinking about that, she cleared her throat and asked, "Kobi?"
Kobi sat in the driver's seat, lowering his head. Ariah couldn't see his expression clearly, but she could tell that the atmosphere around them was cold.
His fingers were clenching tight on the steering wheel.
Ariah held her breath. "K-Kobi?"
She was a little scared by his appearance now.
Eventually, Kobi asked, "Did you mistake me for Jimmy from the beginning?"
Those words and affection she expressed back then... were they meant for Jimmy?
Suddenly, Kobi felt everything was a joke.
Seeing that, Ariah pursed her lips and apologized, "I'm sorry..."
However, it was too late already.
"I can understand if you hate me now."
Kobi, on the other hand, just demanded faintly, "Get off."
"What?"
"I told you to get off." Kobi looked up and Ariah was shocked. "Your eyes..."
She was a little worried about him because his eyes were bloodshot, and there was clearly anger in them. "Are you alright?"
"I'm alright. I'll go to the hospital later. Now, get off. We've arrived."
Seeing that, Ariah could only open the door and get off the car.
As soon as she closed the door, the car was driven off with a vroom.
Ariah stood where she was for a while before she left with a bitter smile.
Meanwhile, Kobi stopped the car after driving out some distance. He had always been a gentleman in the eyes of others. But now, he just felt inexplicably restless.
Pushing open the car door, he got out of the car and called Emily, telling her to come to the hotel. "I wanna see you. Come here immediately."
Emily was shocked by the pressing tone of his words. "Kobi, is there something wrong?"
"Have you got the hotel's name?" "Yeah."
"Be here in twenty minutes." After saying that, Kobi hung up the phone coldly.
Then, a 'beep' sound came through the line.
Worried that something would happen to Kobi, Emily got ready immediately. Seeing that she was about to leave, the helper, Hazel, hurriedly asked, "Where are you going, Miss Emily?"
Emily thought for a while and replied, "Kobi called me and said that he wanted to take me around his hometown."
She thought that since she wasn't sure what had happened to Kobi, she could only use this as an excuse to go out for now.
Meanwhile, Hazel was happy to hear that and said, "Great, have fun with him."
Emily nodded and went out to take a cab to the hotel that Kobi had mentioned. Arriving at his room, just as she rang the doorbell, the door was opened. There was no light in the room and Kobi's features were hidden in the dark as he stared at her silently.
He was like a predator.
"Kobi..." "Ah-"
As soon as Emily called out his name, Kobi quickly pulled her in.
He was being a little forceful, thus hurting Emily a little, and she cried out, "Kobi, what are you doing?"
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