?<strong>Chapter 1044:</strong>


    “Fine. I’ll send you the address. You cane find me.” As Mabel was about to end the call, Hyde inquired, “Did you see Kaelyn yesterday? I tried to contact herst night, but she didn’t answer.”


    Mabel’s heart skipped a beat, but she maintained a neutral expression and lied, “I don’t know. After I failed my task, she stopped talking to me. Maybe she’s still upset with me.”


    Hydeforted her, “It’s not your fault. Don’t worry about it.”


    Mabel responded with a nomittal grunt and added, “Then hurry up. If you’rete, I won’t meet with you.” Hyde agreed and disconnected the call.


    An hourter, the doorbell at Theo’s vi rang. Mabel went to open the door, and as expected, Hyde was standing there. He was holding arge bouquet of roses and immediately hugged Mabel. While she was still in shock, he tenderly pinched her chin and kissed her.


    Mabel was momentarily disoriented by this sweet yet deceptive act, but as they kissed, the image of Hyde passionately kissing Kaelyn invaded her thoughts. He had kissed another woman, and now he dared to kiss her?


    How could he be so disgusting? Mabel pushed Hyde away with force.


    Hyde hadn’t anticipated her reaction and stumbled backward a few steps. Regaining his bnce, he looked at her in disbelief. “How dare you push me!” He had never thought hispliant ve would do such a thing.


    Just because he hadn’t returned her calls? Did she really think she had the right to be so impulsive? Hyde felt he had been too permissive with Mabel, causing her to forget her ce.


    He eximed loudly, “What’s with the attitude? I was just tied up for a few days and couldn’t return your calls. Why are you so upset?”


    His words amused Mabel, who chuckled, “Tied up? Doing what exactly?”


    Hyde snapped, “I was working on ss art projects! I took on several orders and had to hurry to meet the deadlines. I stayed up two nights straight to finish on time and get paid. Did you think I was just fooling around?”


    “So, you were at the studio, huh? Both nights?” Mabel found this increasingly humorous.


    “That’s correct. I didn’t even take time to rest beforeing to see you. Why can’t you just cooperate?” Hyde responded sharply.


    Mabel answered straightforwardly, “But I visited the studio both nights looking for you. Why weren’t you there? Weren’t you supposed to be workingte on the ss?”


    Hyde hadn’t anticipated Mabel checking up on him. Wasn’t she supposed to be preupied with Kaelyn’s tasks? Why did she find the time to look for him? For the first time, he recognized that his involvement with Mabel was turning troublesome.


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