Jeremiah took Paulette home, she was in a daze the whole time, her eyes were red like a startled rabbit, bewildered, lost, scared, no focus at all.
“Paula…”
Jeremiah felt sorry for her and gently placed her on the sofa.
I lifted her face with my hands.
“It’s okay, huh? Look at me, I’m Jeremiah.
Paulette’s eyes flickered slightly, finally focusing on his eyes, and she murmured, “Jeremiah…”
“Yeah, it’s me.”
Jeremiah took a deep breath and hoarsely said, “Sorry, it’s all my fault.“.
Paulette was quiet for two seconds, then she whispered and started to cry, “He…he kept trying to take off my clothes and wouldn’t let me go home. I had already said no, I wanted to leave…”
“But Kaylyn said this collaboration was important. I had just joined the company. If because of me, because of me, I messed up a collaboration…”
She kept saying on and off, tears streaming down her face.
Jeremiah grabbed a tissue and gently wiped her face.
In a low and serious tone, “It’s not your fault. You did a great job. Lawson is not a good person. It’s his problem, it’s Kaylyn’s problem.”
Jeremiah blamed himself and felt guilty, it was because he didn’t think it
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He just wanted to teach Kaylyn a lesson, ignoring the fact that she might drag Paulette down with her.
Paulette sniffed and tears welled up in her eyes, “Really?”
“Really.”
“But…” she clenched her fingers tightly, veins bulging on her neck, “I’m so dirty, Jeremiah, I’m dirty.”
Just now that Lawson guy kept trying to kiss her, even though she was trying to avoid him, she still ended up getting touched on the skin. Paulette shudders at the thought, feeling a chill run down her spine.
Jeremiah looked down at her face, gently tucking the hair stuck to her face behind her ear, and said slowly, “Not dirty, not dirty at all.”
“Are you okay, my dear?”
“A kiss makes everything better.”
At that moment, Paulette forgot to breathe, her eyes only on the handsome face in front of her that was getting closer.
The kiss didn’t last long, Paulette even felt like she was dreaming, all her senses were on the man’s soft lips, thrilling, gentle, and heavenly.
Jeremiah was worried about scaring her, so he restrained the fire in his heart after kissing for a while.
He hugged the girl in his arms.
“Don’t overthink it. Next time if you encounter a situation like this again,
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whether you don’t want to drink or don’t want to socialize, you can always refuse, understand?”
Paulette couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.
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