Chapter 1355: Chapter 1355: Severed Lotus yet Connected Threads_1

"Chapter 1355

In the kitchen, Charles Carrington is holding a chubby cat, seeming to be chatting. Only when he heard her call out did he turn his head to look.

The moment their eyes met, Layla Lowell seemed to understand something.

How awkward!

Charles said, "Its name is Extra, as in ’superfluous’."

So, it was true...

Layla Lowell turned around, suppressing her feelings of self-loathing, indifferently saying, "I’m leaving first."

"Wait."

The sound of footsteps came from behind, and Charles came in front of her, giving her a piece of clothing, "Your coat is dirty, I sent it off to be cleaned. It’s cold outside, wear this first."

It was a very thick coat, his coat.

Layla’s head was slightly lowered, her eyes glanced at it, but she said, "No need, I can stand the cold."

"Are you overthinking it?" The man asked, confused.

Layla paused, her back stiffened.

The man chuckled softly, slowly saying, "Relax, I’m not a clingy person, what’s in the past remains in the past. We’re not enemies, if we can’t be lovers, we can still be friends. Here, this is a friend’s concern, accept it."

He draped the coat over her.

Layla’s fingers clenched tightly into her palm.

The coat was obviously very warm, but she felt like she had been draped in a layer of ice, cold to the bone.

"I don’t need it."

She took the coat off and tossed it aside, quickly walking towards the doorway.

Her lonely and arrogant silhouette was brimming with a coldness that didn’t allow anyone to come close, a hint of anger subtly shown.

Charles didn’t chase after her, just watched the door close. His gaze dimmed significantly at that moment.

After a while, he picked up the cat and walked onto the balcony.

The balcony was very close to the neighboring apartment. The cat had just jumped over from there.

An old lady came out from the neighboring apartment, smiling warmly when she saw the cat, "Goofball, you went to Mr. Carrington’s house again, naughty boy."

Charles smiled amiably, saying, "It’s fine, I live alone anyway, it’s a bit livelier when it comes over."

The old lady heard and couldn’t help saying, "Alone? Ah, such a handsome man, it shouldn’t be like this. Is it because you’re too busy with work to find a girlfriend? It’s okay, I’ll help you find one."

Charles smiled charmingly, "Alright, but I have a request."

"You tell me. I will definitely help you find the one."

"Hmm... she has to be prettier than you, Grandma."

The old lady was taken aback, then burst into laughter, "That will be difficult, there are none! I was the most beautiful when I was young!"

"Then I won’t look for now." The man laughed gently.

His gaze inadvertently fell on the girl who had already reached downstairs.

She was walking in the snow in slippers, so cold she could only wrap her hands around her chest.

He quickly returned to his room, grabbed his car keys, and the thick coat, then took some things from the fridge before leaving the house.

Downstairs.

Layla was walking in the snow in slippers, taking in cold breaths as she moved forward.

She wanted to walk faster, to get in a taxi, but her legs were useless, she had barely walked any distance and had frozen to the point she couldn’t go any faster.

She glanced around and saw no snowplows, quietly scolding the property management for their irresponsibility.

At that moment, a car quickly drove by, throwing out a piece of clothing at the same time.

It landed directly on her feet.

She exclaimed, then in the next second, saw Charles Carrington rolling down the car window, speaking to her, "Keep it for me temporarily, I have to go out for something urgent."

As soon as he finished speaking, he didn’t wait for her response and left.

Layla stared at the back of the car until it disappeared at the main gate.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Layla lost her battle against her hunger and cold body, she picked up the coat and wrapped it around her, finally feeling a sense of relief.

Something fell out from inside the coat.

She bent down to pick it up and saw that it was a sandwich.

The packaging on top had a small smiley face and a heart-warming sentence: This winter, let me be with you."

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