Chapter 50

Vanessa

Flustered at the sight of him, I raise my eyebrows a little.

Unlike me, he just has a blank stare as he steps out of the elevator.

“I see you’re finally awake,” he says. “I thought you’d never get out of bed.” I sense mockery in his tone.

“Why would I be in bed all day?” I cross my arms, trying to act like I know absolutely nothing about last night. But I still feel a little awkward.

“Considering the kind of evening you had last night and how drunk you were, it’s possible.”

“I don’t remember much.” I try to sound believable.

“That makes two of us.” He shoves his hands in his pockets.

“Really?”

He nods. “I can’t seem to remember a lot of what happened.”

That’s all he needs to say for me to feel less awkward around him. The fact that he doesn’t remember makes everything much easier for me, so I finally let it go.

Suddenly, he towers over me and I find myself against the wall, looking up into his eyes with an expression I can’t quite read.

“Don’t ever drink like that again,” he warns me. “From what I can remember, you were a fucking mess.

still trying to read the expression in his eyes.

time, you better

why I should listen to him, I constantly glance at his lips. It’s hard not to do it as I get these flashing images again and

him glancing at my lips. It even makes my heart skip

whatever.” I shrug, trying to compose myself.

aren’t real.

floor, an awkward silence filling the air around us for a few seconds. He doesn’t

close makes my heart race faster until I can’t take it anymore, so I

moment our eyes meet, he shakes his head at me with an expression that I still can’t read. What’s going

my hand on my chest to

down, I turn off airplane mode, which I don’t remember turning on, and I’m instantly flooded with message notifications

number i can’t seem to recognize, but I

Thu, in Jul

Chapter 50

I say with a hint of curiosity,

sorry if you’re in the middle of something important.”

“Not at all.”

evening and had some drinks together

to sound enthusiastic, but I feel awful that I

I can hear the relief in her voice.

could I forget you?” I chuckle

didn’t change your mind

would I change

know I just really want you to attend and I feared you might have

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