Love After a Steamy Affair

Chapter 397:I Don’t Want to Ruin Their Relationship

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If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes that day, he would probably never have believed that Gabriel would risk his life to rush up the mountain for a woman, what more that everyone involved in this matter had received the corresponding punishment.

If anything else were to happen to her and Diana was involved, his sister might lose more than her job.

He was saying this to Serenity for his sister’s sake.

“I understand.” Serenity was no fool either.

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When she reached home at ten o’clock, Mrs. Winstead greeted her at the door and helped with removing Serenity’s coat and bag.

Serenity had seen Gabriel’s car in the garage, so she knew he was back. She looked in the direction of the study on the second floor.

Mrs. Winstead followed her gaze. “Young Master came back half an hour ago. He doesn’t seem to be in a good mood.”

Serenity did not say anything and went to the water dispenser to get a cup of warm water before sitting on the sofa to watch television.

The minute hand of the clock on the wall made its way around the clock and soon, it was already 11 o’clock. Still, she had no intention of going back to her room to rest so Mrs. Winstead could not help but remind her. “Young Madam, it’s time to rest.”

“You go to sleep first. I’m not sleepy yet.” The water in the glass had already turned cold, so Serenity went to get another glass.

Mrs. Winstead told her to rest early once more and then retired to her room, leaving Serenity alone in the living room.

Although it was a popular drama, Serenity was not enjoying it. She wasn’t paying attention at all.

She had a strange habit when she watched TV. If the main character was not an actor she liked, no matter how good it was, she could not get into it. Therefore, although she had been staring at the TV for an hour, her mind was already wandering.

Still, she didn’t want to go back to her room, so she sat in the living room until 11:30 p.m. Serenity was starting to feel sleepy and yawned a few times in a row. In the end, she gave in and had to go back to her room.

The bedroom was dark, so Gabriel must still be in the study.

Good. She was going to take a shower before going to bed. By the time he returned to his room, she might already be asleep. This way, the two would not have to face each other.

She took her pajamas into the bathroom and quickly took a shower. To avoid wasting time, she did not even wash her hair. Just as she was about to go to bed, she heard a click on the door handle.

Her heart skipped a beat and unintentionally whipped around to look at the door just as Gabriel pushed the door open and walked in.

They made eye contact but neither spoke.

Gabriel was surprised to find Serenity still awake but he quickly regained his composure. He slowly took off the watch on his wrist and placed it on the table before unbuttoning his shirt.

She looked away and quietly applied some moisturizer on her face. Her dry skin became supple and smooth again.

Gabriel took off his shirt and entered the bathroom. When she heard the sound of the bathroom door closing, Serenity silently got in bed and lay down. The sound of running water lulled her to sleep as her heavy eyelids slowly closed.

When Gabriel came out of the bathroom, Serenity had already fallen asleep. He was afraid that she would make a scene with him, so he had stayed in the study room, hoping she’d sleep before he returned to the room.

But when he found her still up, he thought she was waiting for him, to plead Diana and Sam’s case. He did not want to talk about it so he sighed with relief when Serenity was already asleep.

She had just gone through a life-and-death situation, so he didn’t want to have any unhappiness with her, but he also didn’t want to ruin their relationship because of someone else..