Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1724

Shannon's touch was soft like the fleeting brush of a feather.

But for Benjamin, it felt as if the spot between his brows was seared by heat. Warmth rippled outward and spread through his heart.

Immediately after, the golden light surrounding him became utterly chaotic.

Shannon watched the familiar dancing of golden light around him, and it sent a slow smile curving her lips.

When Benjamin lifted his eyes and saw her faintly smiling lips, he instinctively frowned. "Shannon, you…"

His voice was low and carried an edge. It was as if he wanted to reprimand her yet had no reason to.

He hadn't expected her to come so close. In his memories, she wasn't the type to be this forward.

Just as the thought crossed his mind, a certain memory lit up in his mind like a spark. It was the moment she'd opened the portal to the alternate world and was about to leave.

Just as they were saying their goodbyes before parting, she'd suddenly leaned in and… kissed him.

As the memory resurfaced, the sensation on his lips and soft fleeting warmth came back to him as if it'd just happened.

Benjamin abruptly shot to his feet, and the golden light around him visibly shattered into further disarray.

Seeing the erratic golden light surrounding him and the slight darkening of his expression, Shannon was just about to ask when he suddenly turned away. Then, he strode off without so much as a glance back.

She was stunned and hadn't expected such a reaction either. Was he mad?

It wasn't just Shannon, but Kai and the others who'd been secretly spying, practically jumped out. "What the hell just happened to Ben!"

Shannon just made a move, and had Benjamin just walked away? Was he serious about staying away from her?

Hearing her explanation, Kai first thought it was ridiculous. But after calming down, he agreed it made sense.

Benjamin was, after all, the National Dragon Vein. Kissing the National Dragon Vein did seem a little inappropriate.

But even if that were the case, did he have to storm off like that?

Kai sighed. Benjamin had indeed changed and become petty.

…

Kai had thought his carefully planned setup would at least push Shannon and Benjamin's relationship forward by leaps and bounds, but judging from the current situation, the leap surely happened.

But it might've overshot the mark.