A Pigeon Pair: Sweetheart, Let's Get Married novel Chapter 88

Was he ... flirting with her now?

Everly felt that she should blow her top, or at least give him some scolding.

But she just couldn't spit it out when she was about to say something.

Maverick maintained stock-still, having Everly dare not to move either.

It was quite tiring to keep supporting that way.

Something between them seemed to have changed.

It was just like... they had completely known each other.

This sounded weird. But as for the fact that she had a five-year-old son, he seemed not to mind it at all. Sometimes, Everly was confused about what Maverick was thinking.

By the way, when was he going to let go of her?

She couldn't bear it anymore. Just as she was about to retreat, Maverick directly grabbed her shoulder to stop her from going away.

Everly blinked her eyes.

Maverick put on a serious face, "Pretended to be asleep and avoided my question, do you know what that means?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't!"

Though she didn't know what he meant, denying would surely be the right thing to do, she thought.

Everly was flustered at this moment. Therefore, she deliberately avoided eye contact with Maverick.

"You didn't what?"

"Whatever it was, I just didn't."

"You just didn't what?"

"Are you messing up with me? No matter what you are talking about, I just didn't do it! Just let go of me! This is not what a gentleman should do." Everly tried to push away his hand that was pinching her shoulder.

Maverick took advantage to grasp her hand.

It happened to be the hand that had been burned by cigarettes. The scar was still there. He lowered his eyes, trying to hide the self-accusation.

"Sorry," he said suddenly, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have let you get hurt, I will pay attention in the future."

Everly was stunned.

Maverick seemed to realize something and immediately corrected, "No, not paying attention. Such things would never happen again."

Everly didn't know what to say. Her wandering eyes had just come to meet with Maverick's.

Eyes would not lie, right?

She had made contact with Maverick for some time. Most of it, she only saw indifference in his eyes. It seemed that he was not interested in anything.

But now he was staring straight at her with persistence and sincerity in his eyes.

This was the first time that she caught different emotions in his eyes.

Behind those emotions, there was a familiar face.

It was her.

Everly's heartbeat once again went out of control. She felt she was like being hit by an electric shock or something.

"Does it hurt?" Maverick suddenly asked.

It was quite a while before she realized that he was asking about the wound on her hand.

Did it hurt?

Of course, it did.

She nodded subconsciously.

"Are you still afraid?" Maverick rubbed his thumb around her wound.

With him standing so close to her and asking the questions in such a gentle and lingering way, Everly found it hard for her to keep smooth breathing.

She would subconsciously tell the truth when he asked questions. She must have been bewitched!

"Not... anymore."

"Were you scared yesterday?" His fingers had secretly come to her nape and then they softly pinched her earlobe.

Along with a tremble on her body, Everly said in a quivered voice, "A little bit."

"Everything's fine. Remember not to go out at night easily. OK?"

"I ... I was just helping my colleague..."

Everly suddenly became conscious as she thought of Garry.

Right, what happened last night was not completely over.

She knew that someone was trying to frame her. If it wasn't for Garry's request, she would not have gone to that hotel last night.

It was just that she never expected that it would be Garry that did this.

As if knowing what she was thinking, Maverick frowned and said in a low voice, "Many people are not as simple as you think they are. What they care about are only the things that they want. But don't be disappointed. What you have gone through last night was painful but memorable."

He gently patted her nape, as if he was interacting with his lover.

However, he soon overturned what he had just said.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't want to remember it. Now that you have me, you don't have to worry about it. It won't happen again."

"I have never said comfort words to others. I am not sure if I can put you at ease. But you will know that I always keep my words. You will be well-protected from now on."

"Just think seriously about the question and let me know your answer."

Everly was speechless.

The question?

What was the question?

Everly felt that she had lost the ability to communicate and think normally.

...

Edmond was playing mobile games in the bathroom.

He was a little absent-minded since he wanted to know what they were talking about.

But he did not eavesdrop since he was well-educated and knew that it was wrong to do so.

After playing several games, there was a knock on the door.

Hearing this, Edmond immediately jumped off the toilet lid.

Smart as he did, he deliberately flushed the toilet before pretending to open the door after washing his hands.

Seeing Maverick stood at the door with his hands in his pockets, Edmond put away his phone and smiled, "Sir, have you done talking with my mommy?"

Maverick discovered that Edmond was very independent-minded.

Strong men would always appreciate each other. Maverick could always see himself as he was little in Edmond.

"Remember that no matter what happens, the most important thing is to protect yourself. You can use a different method to prove your innocence instead of using that way."

Edmond blinked.

What is he talking about?

Was he teaching him the methods to protect himself?

Was he talking about the rat poison?

Edmond was too young to understand what Maverick was saying. So he tilted its head and asked in a low voice, "Sir, what do you mean by that way?"

Maverick raised his eyebrows, "After Candy mistakenly took the rat poison, you tried to prove yourself by drinking the poisoned water. That was unwise. You might have yourself killed and in the meantime, did the bad guys a favor."

Edmond seemed not fully understand. He didn't reply but asked instead, "Sir, can you defeat the bad guys?"

"I think I can."

"Sir, except for Candy, can you protect Mommy and me? Then the bad guys won't dare to come."