Next One Is a Babe

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It didn't take long for Cindy to drift off into slumber after she had lied down for a while, and when she woke up again, sunlight was already spilling through the bedroom window.

She felt much more reinvigorated after getting some sleep the night before. She sat up in bed and waited for the grogginess to pass before going into the bathroom to wash up. She had only just returned to the room when she heard her phone ringing.

She hurried over to the nightstand and grabbed her phone, only to see that it was another text from Ian updating her on his tasks of the day. He had already left for the set.

Upon reading this, she clutched her phone and replied to Ian, asking him to give all his best and to be on good behavior.

He sent her a kissing emoji after that and added nothing more to the conversation, but she had considerably cheered up.

After putting on a change of clothes, she headed out of the bedroom and saw that Aurora was already in the kitchen making breakfast.

Cindy greeted her with a smile. "Good morning. You're up early today."

Aurora brought breakfast out on a tray and said, "I couldn't go back to sleep after I woke up in the middle of the night. I wanted to see if you were awake so we could stay up for a girls' talk, but when I knocked on your door and heard nothing from your end, I figured you must have fallen asleep. Hence, I went back to my room."

As she blinked, Cindy thought about this and sputtered. "I didn't hear you knock at all. I must have been sleeping like a log." She then asked, "What happened to have made you lose sleep in the middle of the night? Did that man call you again?"

Aurora finished making breakfast, but even as she picked up her spoon, she couldn't summon a shred of appetite. She leaned back pensively into her seat and said, "He called me last night, and I picked up because I was bored. He didn't say anything important, but he sounded really drunk and wouldn't stop with the nonsense. Frankly, I couldn't care less and found it rather annoying that a man could become so unreasonable just to make a quick buck. I don't know why, but I couldn't sleep after the call, so I've been irritated ever since."

Cindy pursed her lips. "To be fair, I would've been pretty affected if a guy didn't stop pestering me, and this is even if I have no sentiments for him whatsoever. Don't worry, I'm sure this will pass. Also, don't answer any of his calls from now on. He might sort things out for himself and come to his senses after he calms down, and I'm sure that you'll feel better by then."

Aurora hummed in response and pointed out self-deprecatingly, "Honestly, this is the first time I'm dealing with something like this. Most of my past relationships either ended amicably or in a brawl, but it was a clean break either way; none of my other exes tried to give me crap years later."

This was probably why she was so unsettled now that she was being badgered by the man.

Following this, Cindy and Aurora went on to talk about a couple more things, most of which were insignificant. When they finished breakfast, Cindy stood up to leave for work.

She wasn't too worried about leaving Aurora alone at home, but she did remind her emphatically not to entertain the man if he showed up. In actuality, one would think that after all that had happened in the past few days, anyone with half a mind would know better than to show up and make a scene.