When Garrett Vincent stood before her, Rachel felt dazed for a moment.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" His cold voice echoed in her ears.
"What?" It took her a second to snap back to reality.
"It's like you're searching for something in me." He suddenly leaned closer, his face filling her vision. "I thought you were only interested in Jeffrey. So what is it about me that caught your attention?"
Instinctively, she stepped back, trying to avoid him.
But her high heels, already unstable, twisted awkwardly as she moved.
The elegant dress she wore became a hindrance, making her lose her balance and fall backward before she even had time to react.
All she could do was instinctively reach out, hoping to grab onto something!
Her hand caught another hand, clinging to it desperately, like she was hanging off a cliff and had finally found a lifeline.
Her fingers locked tightly around it.
In the next instant, an arm wrapped firmly around her waist, halting her fall.
