Runaway Wife: Please, Have Another Baby!
Chapter 398 - 399: Why Not?

Chapter 398: Chapter 399: Why Not?

The man’s palm slid down from her neck and landed on her left chest—the position of her heart.

Through her soft skin, he could clearly feel her heartbeat. Qian Xueying’s heart was racing, her body trembling uncontrollably as she felt his hand on her.

"Why did you come to me?" Moses asked.

Qian Xueying hesitated for a moment before speaking softly, "It’s... it was my father who sent me."

Moses raised his eyebrows slightly, "The Duke?"

"Yes. My father... you know, I... I owe the Locke Family a great deal. I... I couldn’t refuse him." Qian Xueying took a deep breath, raised her face again and there was a flicker of light in her eyes, "I’m sorry, Mr. Moses."

She stepped back, hastily pulled up her dress to cover herself, and bowed deeply to him.

"I have disturbed you, I’ll be leaving now!"

Picking up her bag, she took a few steps before hurrying back to pick up the invitation that had fallen on the ground.

Before she could, Moses’s slender fingers picked up the invitation from the floor. As Qian Xueying looked on in astonishment, he straightened up, holding the invitation between two fingers and gave it a light shake towards her.

"I will come to pick you up an hour early."

"You..." Qian Xueying stared at him with surprise, "You agreed?!"

Placing the invitation on the table, Moses stood in front of her, stretching out his hands to adjust the dress on her shoulders, then his arms closed as his hands gripped the zipper and slowly pulled it to the top.

Letting go of her, he smiled with the corners of his lips raised, giving her a small smile.

"Why wouldn’t I?"

Qian Xueying smiled then took a step back and bowed deeply to him again.

"Thank you... thank you, Mr. Moses."

As her long hair slid down to cover her face, Moses did not see the cold sneer that flickered in her eyes.

When Qian Xueying straightened up again, she had regained her innocent look. Adjusting the hair on her shoulders, Moses lifted the corners of his lips slightly.

"From now on, you can call me Moses."

Qian Xueying hesitated, "This..."

The man said nothing but kept smiling at her. After a slight cough, she said, "Moses."

"Very good." Moses nodded, "I have something to do in a bit."

Qian Xueying quickly grabbed her bag, "Oh... then... I should go now."

"I’ll walk you out." Moses personally escorted her to the door and, like a gentleman, he opened it for her, instructed his assistant to see her off, and then turned back.

After a moment, the assistant returned.

"I didn’t expect Duke Locke to try to win you over in such a way."

"Humph!" Moses sat back on the sofa and picked up the invitation from the table, "Things are not that simple."

"You mean..." the assistant glanced towards the door, "Qian Xueying lied?"

Moses tapped the invitation in his hand lightly with his fingertip, "Go check... her background."

Despite the testing he had done before, Moses hadn’t spotted any flaws, but he still did not feel at ease.

Now, even Gaia was lying to him, so others... were of course even less trustworthy. Thinking of Gan Yuan, he became agitated again.

Tossing the invitation back onto the coffee table, he spoke impatiently.

"Where is Gaia?"

"There’s no particular news at the moment, she should still be at the Duke Residence." The assistant watched Moses’s expression, "Tonight there’s a banquet at the Royal Palace, and Huangfu Jue is sure to attend. We could take advantage of that. Do you think... we should arrange for some people?"

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