The neighbor's complaints only got louder. "Look, if someone's home and they're not opening the door, it means they don't want to see you! Haven't you heard of calling or texting? You can't just keep pounding on the door. There are neighbors on both sides, you know!" Hearing the argument outside escalate, Lydia had no choice but to give in. She didn't care how long Eugene waited out there, but she did care about the neighbors. They didn't deserve to be disturbed.

She walked briskly to the door, apologizing profusely to the neighbor. "I'm so sorry, I was sleeping deeply and didn't hear the knocking. I didn't mean to disturb you. I'm really sorry."

"Fine, just take it inside. Whatever argument you two are having, don't make it the whole building's business," the neighbor muttered, their expression still sour but tempered by Lydia's sincere apology. After the neighbor left, Lydia went to close the door, but Eugene quickly wedged his foot in, blocking it.

"Just let me in, Lydia. We can talk back at home. If we keep standing here, people are going to start complaining that we're disturbing the peace."

now was indeed disturbing the peace, so don't blame others for calling you

go, turning around and walking inside. At that moment, she felt utterly exhausted. "Lydia, you're letting me in then,"

arguments. He had been repeating that since they had already been

spent a lot of time thinking things over. I've made up my mind about

not love or respect. His relentless pressure these past few days had only worn her

have you decided? The cooling-off period is almost over. think next month is a perfect time to get our marriage certificate and then plan a grand wedding.

think we're a good fit, Eugene. In fact, I don't even think we should be friends," Lydia

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