354 Leaving Bread Crumbs

When Luke turned around to take a look at the bone crunching brother of the pretty lady, he was stunned to see an intimidating and well-built muscular man who was dressed in a casual outfit and all shaded up.

"Easy! Big brother. Play nice!" Riley came from behind Luke and walked up to Zack. She took in a deep breath and hugged him briefly as an excited sister would do.

In turn, Zack did something that she least expected from him. He returned her warm hug as if there was no wall of bitterness between them. Then he kissed her on the forehead as a big overprotective brother would do before finally releasing her.

This brief sweet gesture by Zack sparked a firework of activities in Riley's heart even when she knew it was all part of an act.

This little believable drama got Luke captivated and longing.

So he quickly activated his gentleman behaviour and said in a polite tone.