Chapter 8 Unexpected Company

I forced myself out of bed the following day. The dark circles around my eyes were horrible, and Matthew noticed them. He asked in surprise, “

The following day, I forced myself out of bed. My dark circles were horrible.

Matthew saw my haggard face and asked in surprise, “Are you sick, Coco? Why do you look so pale?”

“You kept me up all night,” I retorted, not in the mood for pleasantries.

He was stunned but hugged me with a shy grin. “No more drinking for you. Exercise is better instead since it helps with sleep.”

know why, but my stomach churned when I heard his words. I rushed to the bathroom,

in behind me and patted my back. “What’s wrong with you? Maybe I should take

should take Ava to kindergarten. I’ll be fine once

over me. “Then get some sleep while I send Ava to school. If you don’t feel

they closed the door behind them, and I left the bed to run to the window. I watched Matthew enter the car with my excited

out of the gated community. My eyes teared up as I wondered if only everything could return to how it was before. Afterward, I changed into my jeans and t-shirt and tied my hair into a ponytail before slipping on a

went to the cafe across from Galar Tower and found the most strategic spot facing the entrance. I knew it was foolish,

overlooked one crucial detail. He often used the

on

be talking on the phone as he headed toward Crowne

his car, so I knew he wasn’t going far. He crossed the road

for elites in the surrounding

was meeting someone there and glanced at the floor-to-ceiling windows, wondering if I

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