Tonight, you are my prize - Chapter 21

Perhaps it was after seeing Grace’s post.

That night, I unexpectedly dreamed of Leo Archer again.

I dreamed of the night he won the championship.

After Julian Thorne and Chloe Parker left, I was pinned by Leo Archer in the back seat of the car.

His jacket bound my wrists, and the fallen fabric hung loosely from my arms.

I gasped for breath, feeling restless, “Let’s go home… We’ll be discovered here…”

“Shh–”

He extended his slender index finger, pressing it against my lips,

“If you’re afraid of being discovered, my dear, be careful not to make any noise.”

“Tonight, you are my prize.”

The originally spacious space, in the gradually warming air, suddenly felt constricted to me.

In the end, it was as if his beautiful fingers were playing with me, sending me to a cloud wrapped in mist.

…

I saw Leo Archer again a few days later at the team meeting.

When I entered, all the team members stood up to greet me, except for him, who sat indifferently in his seat.

Finn tugged at his sleeve:

“Leo, the boss is here.”

Only then did his gaze drift over to me:

“Hello, boss.”

Throughout the meeting, Leo Archer and I barely exchanged any words.

Young people are naturally fickle, I thought. He probably had already moved on from that brief fling.

Perhaps it’s for the best.

After the meeting, I stayed behind to tidy up some things. When I went out, I found Leo Archer leaning against the corridor wall, engrossed in his NS.

After some thought, I spoke gently:

“I saw the trending topics. It’s just a bunch of kids messing around, don’t pay too much attention.”

“Spring Split starts in three days. I’ll have the PR department contact the media to gradually shift the focus to the competition.”

He paused his game, looked up at me.

“You saw it?”

“I did.”

“Did you like it?”

“…”

I couldn’t help but be stunned for a second, then replied, “It was… Grace’s post. I didn’t look closely.”

“Leave it be, don’t worry about the public opinion.”

He tilted his head slightly, speaking nonchalantly,

“The higher the buzz, the more it boosts the team’s commercial value. The boss spent a fortune on transfer fees to bring me here, I should at least show some value, right?”