Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 641

When Tiffany left, Glen walked her downstairs. Before he could speak, she pointed toward her car. "You should head back up."

"Wait." Glen stepped closer and stopped her. He gathered his thoughts, then said gently, "About what my mom said earlier...”

“We're friends." Tiffany curved her red lips into a carefree smile.

Sometimes elders say things in passing. I won't take it to heart. And I definitely won't let it affect our many years of revolutionary friendship."

It was such a flawless answer that it left him nowhere to go.

The implication was unmistakable. If it remained parental teasing, she would treat it as a joke and they would stay good friends. If he chose to pursue it himself, even that friendship might not survive.

Glen listened as the corners of his mouth flattened. After a moment, he ventured half-jokingly, "Don't tell me the great Lawyer Voss is still hung up on the same guy?"

He did not name him, but they both knew.

Tiffany did not pretend otherwise. She gave a soft laugh. "Which guy? Raymond? We're not even from the same world.”

cold wind swept through the alley. Around the corner, a stray cat hissed as

added lightly, "For me, intimacy requires. both love and equal standing. One without the other doesn't

Glen lacked love.

not look disappointed.

as it was not because of Raymond, anyone else would

for Raymond. She had always known how to cut her losses. What she

different Raymond

stopped at a red light on her drive home, Glen's question resurfaced

one guy? Even she did not have a clear

knew one thing. If Sydney had not reconciled with Julian, she and Raymond

to have lost the ability to feel

because she knew that no matter how deeply

she reached Haven, her thoughts

killed the engine, grabbed

approached her building, she

of her mind,