Chapter 324
Chapter 324
Chris narrowed his eyes slightly. She had spotted him.
But before he could even reach the building entrance, Zion stepped in front of the glass doors with several men
behind him.
“Mr. Xander, Ms. Scott is already asleep. If you need something, come back during the day p>
Chris flicked the extinguished cigarette into the trash and looked at him with cold indifference. He gave a quiet scoff. “So I can see her during the day p>
Zion paused, then said sternly, “No p>
The chill at Chris’s mouth sharpened. “Then what exactly are you wasting time talking for? If you’re going to make a move, do it p>
“Mr. Xander, William made it clear. If you keep bothering Ms. Scott, your deal is off. Are you really that confident you can still protect Skyla p>
“William isn’t upstairs?” Chris didn’t even bother responding to the rest.
Zion cursed inwardly. Was this man really so sure he could protect Skyla no matter what?
Still, Chris was right. William wasn’t upstairs.
Winter had been down all day, and William had only left after she finally fell asleep. He had gone back to the family home to deal with some trouble. The remnants of his uncle’s old faction had started causing problems again.
Chris who had just been questioning him now walked straight toward him. More precisely, he walked straight toward the building doors.
“Mr. Xander, sorry about this,” Zion said, his expression darkening as he moved to block him without another word.
But in the very next second, several black cars pulled into the complex.
The doors opened.
And the moment Zion saw Gavin step out, his scalp prickled.
Why did it have to be this guy again?
A scuffle broke out behind him.
Chris walked into the building with his usual cold composure, took the elevator up, and stopped at the apartment door. He entered the code with one hand.
Wrong passcode.
His fingers paused.
They had changed the code again.
Inside, Winter heard the error tone from the keypad, and her heart dropped.
She had not been mistaken. That car downstairs really had been Chris’s.
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What was he doing here again?
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Wasn’t Skyla’s test result supposed to be bad? It had only been a day. Shouldn’t he be staying by her side?
William had changed the code, but she knew it wouldn’t hold Chris off for long. He would crack it sooner or later.
Jumping out the window was impossible. Calling the police wouldn’t help either. Someone like Chris wasn’t a man the police could easily stop.
She looked around, then rushed to the side and shoved a cabinet in front of the door with all her strength.
Bracing both hands against it, she bent over, breathing hard.
Then she checked the screen for the video doorbell.
There was no one outside.
No, not no one.
A black coat was lying on the floor.
Where was Chris?
From what she knew of him, if he had driven all the way here himself, there was no way he would just leave that easily.
So where had he gone?
Then she heard something from the balcony.
She had barely turned around when the sliding glass door was pushed open from outside.
A long, sharply defined hand rested against the frame.
Chris stood there before her, wearing nothing but a thin cashmere sweater.
The sheer curtain stirred in the wind, and behind him she saw the balcony railing.
There was no question how he had gotten there.
At this height, he had actually jumped over from the neighboring balcony.
He was insane.
She realized now that she had never truly understood this man. What exactly did he want?
A gust of cold wind swept in as Chris reached back and shut the balcony door behind him.
He lifted his eyes, glanced once at the still–lit keypad screen, then looked at Winter’s suddenly constricted pupils.
In a low voice, he said, “Coming through the balcony was faster than cracking the code p>
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