Chapter 1348

Marcus felt helpless after hearing what Annie said. He hesitated for a while before nodding and saying,

“I’ll go back home and complete my tasks, then. Give me a call when you’re home.”

Annie nodded. “I will. Don’t worry. I’ll call you as soon as I get home!”

Marcus hugged Annie tightly as if he did not want to leave her alone. He looked intently at Aaron before

turning and hailing a taxi to leave.

Annie was a little stiff after Marcus hugged her. She had been dating Marcus for a long time, but they

never did anything particularly intimate. She always subconsciously avoided Marcus’s attempts to get

close to her.

She treated her relationship with Marcus seriously, and she felt that Marcus was a genuinely good

person. She just found it difficult and awkward to get closer to Marcus for reasons even she was unable

to explain.

Amid her surprise, she heard Aaron’s gentle voice telling her, “Let’s get in the car. It’s getting cold.”

Annie snapped back to her senses. She looked into Aaron’s eyes and subconsciously avoided them.

However, she nodded and accepted his offer to get into the back seat of the car.

Aaron joined her in the back seat too, which made Annie feel a little awkward as she thought they were

the only two people in the car. That feeling soon passed when she saw Xante sitting in the front

passenger seat.

Xante did not want to be the third wheel. She was considerate enough to raise the partition separating

the front seats and the back seats.

Annie was speechless, and she immediately regretted getting into the car.

Aaron could sense Annie’s awkwardness, so he chuckled and asked, “Why are you so nervous? I won’t

eat you.”

Annie pursed her lips. “I’m not nervous! I’m just worried about Uncle Jeremy.”

Aaron shifted slightly and deliberately sat closer to her. “Are you sure it isn’t because of me?”

“W—W—What are you doing?” Annie was startled by Aaron’s actions and looked nervously at him.

Aaron smiled at her. “And you said you weren’t nervous because of me.”

Annie looked away in embarrassment. “Stop! Don’t do this! You’re using my boyfriend’s absence as an

excuse to cross the line! I’ll get off if you keep doing this!”

Aaron stopped teasing her and moved a little further away. He sighed sadly and asked, “How many

times have you two hugged?”

“What?” Annie’s mind went blank for a moment.

Aaron asked, “How many times have you and Marcus hugged like that?”

Annie frowned. She was confused by his question, so she asked, “Why should I answer that kind of

question?”

Aaron looked at her and smiled bitterly. “You don’t need to answer. I just couldn’t help myself from

asking because I’m jealous.”

Annie’s heart skipped a beat. ‘What did he just say?’

Aaron smiled self-deprecatingly. “This is the first time a woman has ever made me feel jealous. I now

understand how uncomfortable this feeling is.”

Annie’s heartbeat quickened uncontrollably as she looked at Aaron. She could not tell from his

handsome face whether he was telling the truth, but she felt increasingly drawn to him despite knowing

it was wrong to feel that way. She should not develop those feelings for another man after Marcus left!

Aaron asked, “Am I never going to get another chance?”

Annie was aghast. She forced herself to turn around and look at the police station door. “Now isn’t the

time to talk about this! Please stop talking! I just want to wait for Uncle Jeremy to come out with

Corinne!”