The Unshackled Queen: Never Say Never

The pair ambled over, and Edwin let himself in the backseat.

The sound of the car door opening startled Bryson, and he finally turned to look at Hannah.

Bang!

Edwin slammed the door closed before he slumped back.

Hannah and Bryson stood facing each other in the silence that followed.

An autumn breeze blew past, playing with the stray strands of hair that framed Hannah’s face.

She looked up and met Bryson’s gaze.

Perhaps it was the quaint scenery around them or the romantic ambience of a moonlit night, but he looked especially handsome.

“So, you smoke, huh?” Hannah said in a soft voice.

Bryson flicked the cigarette to the pebbled path and stepped on it with his luxury brand loafers.

“I smoke all the time.

”

An inexplicable emotion she couldn’t name surged in Hannah’s heart.

She cleared her throat and suppressed it.

“Let’s go.

”

By the time they settled inside the car and the engine revved to life, Edwin was already passed out in the backseat.

For the first few minutes, the only sound they could hear were the low hum of the car engine and Edwin’s even breathing.

Hannah was looking out the window when she suddenly asked, “Did you change your cologne?”

She used to always smell a faint hint of mint around him, and eventually figured out the brand of cologne he used.

He had never changed it in all the time she knew him.

She was certain of th

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at, because she would have immediately noticed.

But Bryson seemed to have switched scents in the past few days.

Instead of mint, Hannah smelled sandalwood on him.

Bryson’s grip on the steering wheel tightened ever so slightly.

He glanced at Hannah, only to find her still staring out the car window.

“Not at all,” he replied casually.

“I’ve been lighting sandalwood incense in the office, though.

The scent must have been clinging to my clothes.

”

Hannah did not reply.

After another moment of silence, Bryson added, “If you don’t like the smell, I’ll tell my assistant to take the incense away.

”