His Wicked Obsession (Archer and Virginia) novel Chapter 340

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Summer evenings in the capital were thick with stifling heat.

The exclusive parking garage of the Vanderbilt Group.

Just as the black Maybach pulled into its designated spot, a slender figure in white darted out from behind a concrete pillar. With her eyes squeezed shut and arms spread wide, she threw herself directly in front of the car.

Zachary Cole slammed on the brakes, the tires screeching harshly against the pavement.

"Mr. Vanderbilt, it's Ms. Caldwell," Zachary broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly adjusted his breathing and turned his head to report.

Sitting in the backseat, Archer was jolted forward slightly by the momentum. He looked up, his cold gaze piercing through the windshield to land on Chloe's pale face, his brow knitting into a frown.

Chloe stumbled over to the rear window, pounding on the glass as her tears fell endlessly.

The window rolled down a third of the way.

"Archer..." Chloe clung to the edge of the window, sobbing so hard she could barely breathe. "I really know I was wrong. I wasn't targeting Virginia at the clinic this afternoon, I'm just sick, I couldn't control myself..."

Archer's face was stern, his jaw set completely tight. He said absolutely nothing.

Seeing him completely unmoved, Chloe desperately reached in, trying to grab his sleeve through the window, but he leaned back to avoid her.

She bit her lower lip, a flash of resentment crossing her eyes, before she instantly switched to an even more pitiful expression and tone.

"Have you forgotten? That summer when you were seventeen, you almost drowned in the ocean. The water was so deep and freezing, but I wasn't scared at all when I jumped in to save you."

She tilted her head, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Because I liked you! Even back then, I thought, if I had to die, I wanted to die with you..."

Archer's brow twitched slightly.

During that accident at seventeen, he had indeed owed her a life.

Listening to her words, a blurry memory of that day inexplicably surfaced in his mind.

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