Chapter 2

There was silence in the private room, and everyone seemed to be strangled.

"Mr. Reid, are you insane? You want to marry her? She is..."

"She is someone you will have to respect from now on." Landon cut him off calmly, his eyes indifferent. "Keller, mind your manners."

Keller was frozen in place by that look and couldn't say a word.

Landon turned to her and gathered the coat around her shoulders with long fingers. "Let's go, fiancée. It is too noisy here."

Erin followed Landon out of the bar and got into the black Maybach.

The car was filled with the faint smell of agarwood, and Erin turned her head to look at the man beside her.

Landon's profile was impeccable, but his aloofness made people shudder.

"Why did you agree?" Erin asked directly.

She didn't believe in love at first sight, and she didn't believe that people like Landon would do business at a loss.

Landon took off his glasses and rubbed his brow. "Lynn Medical Group's research institute has something I need. And you need a backer strong enough to crush Keller. We each get what we need."

"Is it that simple?"

"That simple." Landon put his glasses back on and looked at her. His gaze was honest, but cold. "Erin, I can give you the status of a legal spouse, absolute freedom, and protection. Keller will never be able to touch you again."

Erin's heart moved slightly, this was exactly what she wanted.

"But I have conditions," Landon said calmly. "First, do not interfere with my private life. Second, do not fall in love with me."

Erin froze for a moment, then laughed. "Do not worry, Landon. I know my place."

She was scarred by love in her previous life. In this life, she just wants to build a career and keep the Lynn Medical Group.

She gave up on the luxury of love.

Over the next half month, Landon showed her what textbook indulgence looked like.

If Erin casually mentioned that she liked a restaurant, its head chef appeared at the house the next day. If she glanced twice at a dress from a couture show, the entire collection arrived in her closet the following morning.

Landon solves all her troubles with force and resoluteness. Keller tried to cause trouble with her, but was immediately stopped by Landon and sent to a remote overseas branch for training.

He protected her so completely it was almost airtight, as if he were worshiping an expensive porcelain doll.

But Erin gradually realized that his indulgence was cold.

Landon never had any physical contact with her.

When walking side by side, he always kept a distance of ten centimeters from her; occasionally when handing something over, his fingers would deftly avoid Erin's skin.

He was like a perfectly programmed husband. No flaw could be found, except that he lacked the warmth of a living person.

Until a week before the wedding, Erin went to Reid Holdings to deliver documents to Landon.

There was no one in the CEO's office. Erin pushed open the door to the break room and saw an upside-down photo on Landon's desk.

Instinctively, she opened the photo.

The photo shows two young men.

One was a younger Landon. The other was an extraordinarily handsome young man with a sickly pallor in his brows. They stood very close, and the way Landon looked at him held a tenderness and obsession Erin had never seen before.

Written on the back of the photo were two words: Noah.

"What are you doing?"

A cold and biting voice came from behind.

Erin's hand shook and the photo fell on the table.

She turned around and saw Landon standing at the door, his face terrifyingly gloomy.

He strode over, grabbed the photo, carefully wiped away the non-existent dust, and then looked at her coldly.

"Erin, I remember telling you not to interfere with my private life."

That was the first time Erin saw Landon lose control, because he was touched by the reverse scale.

Erin suddenly understood something.

"Who is he?" Erin heard her voice wavering.

Landon locked the photos in the drawer and returned to his aloof and indifferent look.

"An old friend." His tone was very faint. "Erin, play the role you are supposed to play. Do not ask questions you should not ask."