---- Chapter 156 After placing the roses on the desk, Tara snuck to the pantry and took a look at the card. As she had expected, it was Jonah. Seeing his name, her heart started racing. She wondered if he was trying to pursue her. At that moment, she felt slightly lost. After all, she had never been in an actual relationship before. Although Lance and Soren were nice to her, she ended up with them without even realizing it. So, she didn't have any choice previously.

Tara took a deep breath, thinking that she had no plans of being in a relationship for the moment. So, she decided to ignore it and avoid Jonah. Since she was returning to Naoundbury in a month, she figured a workaholic like him would forget about her eventually. For the next 10 days, she kept avoiding Jonah. However , the gifts kept reaching her in various ways. Sometimes , Jonah would come down for a walk, so she would keep her head down.

Even when her heart was racing, she didn't dare to look up at all. When she felt him getting closer to her and heard his alluring voice, she became more nervous. Fortunately for her, he didn't stay around too long and slowly walked away. As she watched him leave, her heart would still ---- continue racing. Tara bit her lip and lowered her gaze, feeling incredibly conflicted.

Even if she felt something for Jonah, it would still be more miraculous for her to be in a relationship than to climb the tallest mountain. Time slowly passed, and there were two days left before she returned to Naoundbury . During her time there, she had received so many gifts that she had to send them back. They were all from Jonah, and most of them were luxurious. Once, she sent Jonah a message about the gifts.

However, he ignored her words, saying that the gifts were a token of his appreciation. Since he didn't give her the gifts personally , she had no choice but to accept them. After all, she didn't want to trouble the staff who sent everything to her. Alice kept asking who the man pursuing Tara was because she had never seen anyone doing it so lavishly . He also had never shown his face throughout the whole month of giving Tara the gifts.

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On the night Tara left Stugard, she walked out of the office with Alice after they were done with work. Just as they exited the building , a black luxurious car stopped next to them. Since the vehicle looked familiar , Tara did a double-take ---- on it. When the window was rolled down, she instantly locked gaze with the dashing Jonah. He was staring at her with his deep, dark eyes as he calmly made a call on his phone. Then, Tara's phone started ringing in her bag.

She anxiously pulled it out and saw that Jonah was calling her. Tara wondered if she should answer it. She didn't know what to do at all. She figured Jonah's impression of her would be affected if she continued hesitating. So, she made up her mind and tossed her phone back into her bag. After that, Jonah calmly got out of his car and called her in his deep voice, "Tara." Hearing that, she had no choice but to stop in her tracks, and her face flushed completely .

Meanwhile , Alice was stunned speechless on the side. "| need to talk to you about something. Are you free tonight?" asked Jonah. Suddenly , Alice figured out what was going on, and she grinned brightly while pushing Tara toward him. "Oh, yes! She's completely free!" Tara wanted to shut Alice up right away, but the latter was too excited. Not only did Alice avoid Tara's hands, but she even successfully shoved Tara to Jonah with one push. ---- "Mr. Pearson, she's available tonight.

Tara has been distracted recently, and she would even chuckle to herself like a fool sometimes. I think she's in love but too scared to admit it. Since you're here, you should help her out, Mr. Pearson." Tara tried her best to cover Alice's mouth, but she couldn't do it at all. Alice was as slippery as a fish. So, Tara had no choice but to gently punch Alice in the arm. That's not true at all!" Jonah looked at Tara with a faint smile before opening the car door for her.

"I'll send her home tonight." Alice hurriedly pushed Tara into the car and shot a glance at her, whispering, "Just give Mr. Pearson a chance. After all, this is Jonah Pearson we're talking about here! Not only is he dashing and rich, but he's a nice guy as well. So, go for it!" Tara felt incredibly embarrassed , and she covered Alice's mouth right away. "Don't just say whatever comes to your mind!" Alice closed the door right after that, and she even felt the urge to weld the door shut.

Meanwhile , Jonah smirked with his gaze lowered as he got in the driver's seat. Seeing that Tara was so anxious that she didn't have her seat belt on, he reached out to ---- buckle it for her. However, he didn't try to get close to her on purpose the entire time. When Tara felt his body close to her, she bit her lip. The nice smell wafting off him made her more anxious, and her heartbeat and gaze gave it away immediately.