Chapter 5 Holding Her Hand

• When the iron door in front of Keira was opened, she was finally able to feel at ease, after which she looked around.
• Although many people had attended the trial, her mother and siblings were nowhere to be seen. Alright. This isn’t a good place, so it’s understandable why they’re not here. However, where’s my dad?
• “Keira!” someone suddenly called out to her from behind, prompting her to turn around in a dazed state.
• It was a lady in a black one-piece—a beautiful one, in fact. Her hair was long and delicate, and between her nose sat a pair of sunglasses.
• “Who are you?” Keira frowned.
• Such a beautiful woman had been sitting in the court, but she wasn’t aware of her existence.
• The beautiful woman took off her sunglasses and flashed a smile at her.
• “Long-legged Girl?” Keira exclaimed.
• “Haha! Keira, it’s really you!” the woman nicknamed ‘Long-legged Girl’ replied with a smile.
• “Ava, I thought you'd gone overseas.” Keira looked at her as she didn’t expect that she’d come across her classmate in primary school again in such a place.
• “I did go overseas, but I’d have to come back one day, right?” Ava Lindt replied with a smile. Following that, she stepped forward and wrapped her arm around Keira’s shoulder. “Let’s go. We’ll sit down somewhere and have a chat.”
• Before Keira could reply to her, she was lugged out of the court by Ava. Right after they stepped out of the court, someone in the crowd shouted, “It’s Ava Lindt! Look! It’s the celebrity, Ava Lindt!”
• Following that, a group of people hurriedly gathered around her.
• “Ava, can I get your signature?”
• Soon, Keira and Ava were separated by the mob. Someone had even pushed Keira away.
• Just then, a strong hand reached out and took Keira’s arm, which spared her from the fate of falling to the ground.
• “Thanks,” Keira uttered. She felt embarrassed at how disheveled she looked.
• “You’re welcome, Miss Whitlaw.” The masculine bass voice could still be clearly heard amidst the chaos.
• “What?” Keira was stunned for a moment before she looked up at the person beside her.
• When she met the man’s seemingly bottomless gaze, she felt her chest tightening.
• “It’s you?” Keira stared at him as she remembered that he was the man who had visited her in the detention room twice.
• However, she hadn’t seen him again after that, and she didn’t expect that she’d come across him in this place.
• Tyler took a look at her and then the woman who was surrounded by the crowd before shifting his attention back to Keira. “Miss Whitlaw, it seems that you’re pretty close to Miss Lindt?”
• “Oh… not really. She’s just a former classmate of mine,” Keira replied.
• Just then, Ava pushed the crowd away and strode toward them. Upon reaching them, she walked up to Tyler with a bright smile and wrapped her arms around his in an intimate manner.
• “Tyler, why have you come here?” Ava looked smilingly at Tyler with a gaze filled with gentleness. She looked so tender that she could easily arouse a man’s affection.
• Upon seeing what Ava had done, countless people shifted their attention and started taking pictures of them with their phones.
• At the same time, they started having all sorts of speculations.
• “Wow! Is that Ava’s boyfriend? He’s so damn hot!”
• “Is he a celebrity as well? He looks even more handsome than the A-listers.”
• Nevertheless, someone soon recognized the man. “Dummy. He’s not a celebrity. He’s an entrepreneur—the president of Emerson International, Tyler Emerson!”
• “Oh, he’s Tyler Emerson! He should’ve become a celebrity!”
• “So Tyler is Ava’s boyfriend!”
• Keira’s face fell as she listened to their discussions. So, he’s the president of Emerson International. It’s no wonder that he said he’s not going against me but my dad. I should have known that he’s my dad’s business rival.
• Upon that realization, Keira didn’t want to stay there any longer.
• Just when she was about to leave, a cold voice could be heard saying, “I’m not your agent, but as your boss, I’m still surprised that you’re here. However, I’m not here to look for you.”
• Upon finishing his words, Tyler put on a faint smile and retracted his hand. After that, he shuffled toward Keira and took her hand. “Babe, are you alright? I’ll send you home now.”
• Keira was dumbfounded upon hearing that, as she couldn’t believe that he would call her ‘babe’. As she turned to look at the man beside her, she was dazzled by the faint smile on his handsome face.
• At that moment, she couldn’t figure out what was going on.
• “Mr. Emerson, you…” Keira was surprised by his expression and tone, especially when he was now holding her hand.
• The warmth she felt on the man’s skin was scorching to her. The next moment, she wanted to retract her hand.
• “Haha, why are you speaking in a strange way now? You must be exhausted. Come on. I’ll send you home.”
• Without waiting for her reply, Tyler gripped her hand and shuffled toward his luxury car.
• After he opened the door in the passenger’s seat and watched Keira get in, he took a seat in the driver’s seat and drove the black Bugatti Veyron away from the crowd’s attention.