Chapter 8
Through the car window, Sheena noticed a cake box sitting on the passenger seat.
It was vanilla–flavored, Jasmin‘ s favorite.
She had heard that cakes from that bakery needed to be pre–ordered a week in advance. Once, Sheena had paused outside its window, admiring the cakes on display.
But Travis had dismissed her interest at that time, saying, “There’s nothing special about that bakery. They just use advance bookings as a marketing gimmick to attract customers. If you want cake, I‘ 11 take you to the shop next door–they have ready–made ones.”
In the end, Sheena hadn’t bought any cake at all.
Now, she realized that while the bakery might not have been special, people certainly could be.
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She wasn‘ t special enough–not even for a simple cake.
“Sheena, Sheena?”
When she didn‘ t respond, Travis frowned impatiently. “If I’ve come looking for you, it means I’ve already forgiven you for what happened last time. You should know when to back down.”
Seeing that she wasn’t responding, Travis. dragged her inside the car. His expression. remained sour.
Since their last unpleasant encounter, he had been waiting for her to lower her head and apologize. After all, that was what Sheena always did in the past. But this time, three days had passed without so much as a phone call or a text.
An unexplainable unease crept over him, as though something precious was slipping away from his grasp.
He went to the Brooks family house, needing to see her in person, convinced
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enough–t her presence would calm his xplicable sense of alarm.
she wasn’t there, and even the
vants claimed they didn’t know where sponding
had gone.
e comes.com
lready isperate, Travis drove through every
imenet in the city until he finally spotted her “wn.“side the hospital.
it resp. glancing at her through the rearview he cat heror, he felt some relief. As long as
ena was within arm’s reach, the alarm.
Is in his mind seemed to quiet.
easant easam
r beror hduring the drive, Sheena remained
alteraht, not saying a single word.
the in the
it was simply impossible in the past. Ispasad passe
locallouneasy feeling surged again. Travis
uptly stepped on the brakes, stopping car in the middle of the road.
bde uneased
ething pred
grasp.ough the route to the Brooks family
was usually empty, Sheena was Brooks fam
led. She instinctively grabbed his ther in pers
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sleeve.
Seeing her still clinging to him, Travis‘ s panic melted into satisfaction.
But he masked his emotions, keeping his tone distant and commanding as he said, “Since you know you were wrong, you should give that account to Jasmin.”
Sheena immediately understood why Travis had come looking for her.
Since childhood, Sheena had loved. drawing. Even after being sent to the countryside, where she could no longer afford lessons or art supplies, she practiced every day with a pencil.
To keep herself motivated, she created at social media account called “Rose,” where she posted all her work.
Her unique technique and style quickly gained her large followers, and even the
internationally renowned Gideon Bowen extended her an invitation.
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Gideon was a towering figure in the art world, and his invitation was practically a declaration of his intention to take her as
his last student.
But before Sheena could even respond to him, Jasmin cried and said she wanted to study under Gideon as well.
Of course, someone like Gideon wouldn’t accept just anyone.
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