[Music recommendation:Yehezkel Raz - When the Sunrise]
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Aliana raised a hand to shield her eyes from the blinding headlights as the car came to a slow halt beside hers.
When she cautiously lowered her hand, her breath caught. The ghost had vanished into thin air, as though it had never existed, leaving behind nothing but a sleek black Maybach from the hotel where she was staying.
Just then, the car window slid down, revealing those familiar, mesmerising icy blue eyes, and for a moment, she forgot how to breathe.
As the silence stretched between them, he tilted his head to look past her at her car, noting the open hood, before returning his gaze to her.
"Get in," he finally spoke with a lazy grace.
His chauffeur stepped out and opened the door on the other side, silently inviting her in.
Aliana blinked, still reeling from everything that had just happened, so she didn't respond immediately.
But in the next moment, she opened her own car door.
