Chapter 106
Neil replied, “1 saw Stella hitting the bar, so I figured you wouldn’t be at her place”
Stella was nothing if not a party animal. The bar was like a second home to her.
“Oh. Thanks. You can go now.“I wrapped myself in my bathrobe, still giving him the cold shoulder.
Neil couldn’t care less. He even sat down next to me, apparently not keen on leaving
I was not wearing any underwear. When Neil was checking my foot earlier, I had to be extra cautious not to give him a peep show.
How was I supposed to change with him sitting here?
“What did my mom tell you about Karina?” Out of the blue, he brought up that girl.
“Not much, she just briefly mentioned your relationship with her and that she jumped into a river and killed herself because you married me.” I looked down, my tone was flat..
Every time Karina was mentioned, I could tell Neil would get depressed.
That was his Achilles‘ heel. If he wasn’t so against divorce, he would never have let his mom spill the beans about that.
*Bonnie looks a lot like her.” Neil’s remark left me speechless.
He saw Bonnie as a substitute for Karina. What could I, an audience member, say about this storyline that seemed straight out of a movie?
Blame it on me for not looking like Karina. If I did, five years would have been ample time for Neil to fall for me.
“How did you meet?” I asked after a while.
“A friend introduced us” Neil’s answer was plain.
did you get together?” I
brought up Karina, he didn’t seem keen
be meeting with Russel later tonight. Maybe he could
broke the
his phone. Bonnie was calling.
without hesitation. He looked away, feeling a bit melancholy. Did he not realize that he would
be right there!” I didn’t know what Bonnie said, but Neil’s face turned
didn’t call out to him and just watched as he
It wasn’t until Russel called that I realized it was already dark
at the door” Russel’s voice was urgent, as if he’d rushed over.
Neil’s birthday.” I
heard the door unlocking from the other end and noises
hung up and yelled, “Russel, I’m in here!”
door in no time. His hair
with him, looking even more
my room. He was surprised to
slipped in the bathroom. Both my ankles are swollen now, so
of loose pajamas and a white
doctors were attentivel
panties. Could you get me a pair?”
more awkward. He cleared his throat, then fetched a pair of
and slender. He held the panties by a corner
now I can dress myself. I took the panties, thanking
left the room and closed the door. I managed to dress the
out?” I decided to ask him for one more
anyway, so I didn’t care about losing
bed and squatted down with his back to me. I immediately climbed onto his back and
around his neck.
great guy. Bonnie was
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