Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

“What are you looking for?” A woman dressed in black asked Gary.

Startled by the woman’s voice, Gary turned his gaze to the person behind him. He couldn’t see the woman’s face clearly because it was too dark. The only thing he could tell was that the woman might be in her fifties.

“Who are you?” Gary asked warily, becoming nervous.

The woman laughed out loud and then asked him, “I should be the one to ask that question. You’re on my doorstep right now. Do you have any idea about that?”

It wasn’t until Gary saw the gate that he realized he had accidentally wandered into someone else’s home. Then the woman stepped out of the shadows. Her dark green eyes sparkled like emeralds in the pale moonlight.

Gary stepped back and said, “I’m sorry, madame. I’ll leave right now. | came here to find a moon-shaped shell for my friend.” As he spoke, he looked down at the shell at the woman’s feet.

“Are you looking for this?” the woman asked, picking up the shell after looking down

Gary nodded.

“There are many unique shells here that you can’t find anywhere else,” the woman said as she stood up and took the tiny moon shell in her palm. She then extended her hand to Gary.

Hesitant, Gary paused for a moment before walking directly toward the woman. He approached the woman, reached out his small hand, and 523 An Uninvited Guest took the shell from her. Then he said with a smile, “Thank you.”

“You’re very welcome,” The woman spoke softly, “Your parents will be worried if you stay here for so long. You should leave right now, my dear.”

Hearing that, Gary turned around and left. As he walked, he looked back several times and saw the woman still standing in the same spot, waving at him. Because he was scared by the woman in black, he started running. After a while, he was surprised to see the light ahead

“Tammy!” He yelled.

Gary immediately upon hearing his voice and asked, “Gary!

Peace knelt in fear and asked Gary, “Are you all right? Tammy was so worried about you that she almost called the cops! We’d been looking for you

away from Gary to wipe her tears. She said angrily, “Why would | call the

out and grabbed one of

Tammy screamed, refusing

be mad, Tammy. This is for you,” Gary said as he took her arm and shoved something

asked, looking impatiently at her hand. She went completely still when she noticed a snowy white moon-shaped shell in her palm. The moonlight reflected off the

and one of them was missing a

that way to find this?” Tammy asked, surprised. 523

| left. | know you like such shells, so | went to find

while clutching the shell. “Look at the sand and mud on your shirt! You got dirty all over! Come on, let’s go back to the hotel,” she said. Later, she and Gary walked toward the hotel together. And Peace and Karl walked alongside

up her volunteer opportunity,” Peace said to Karl while walking

“Why?” Karl asked, surprised.

had been doing nothing

didn’t make Wayne stay

interrupted Karl

people knew the truth, Wayne still

Wayne actually has nothing to do with the Wrights by blood. If the Carousel Group’s board of directors knew the

“Got it.”

and Wayne were talking in the hotel when her phone