The Returning Ex

It was a call from Jasmine. Logan didn’t avoid her either, taking the call right away. On the other end, Jasmine asked him out for dinner, her voice cheerful. Logically speaking, it stood to reason for them to have dinner tonight. After all, Logan gave her flowers at noon, so it was standard operation for a normal couple to have a date at night. However, since she’d waited for his phone call the entire day to no avail, she could only take the initiative to phone him.

Logan’s brows unconsciously furrowed. “Tonight? I don’t think I can make it since I’m otherwise occupied.”

Jasmine paused for a heartbeat. “With a very urgent matter?”

Logan grunted, “Yes. It’s a very urgent matter, so I can’t make it tonight.”

Actually, it was rather obvious that Jasmine was a touch disappointed. Sighing lightly, she replied, “Never mind, then. I’ll leave you to it. We’ve got plenty of time, so we’ll just go out another time.”

superfluous, Logan hung

a glance at him out of the corner of her eye. Although there wasn’t a hint of guilt in his expression, she felt very much ill at ease. For some reason, she felt perturbed

restaurant. The two of them entered together and went to a private room. After he’d ordered and the server had

exceedingly solemn, making Lola feel unsettled all of a sudden. Thus, she blurted, “What exactly is the

seemingly stuck in his throat. At this, Lola guffawed. “What is

briefly relayed everything John told him today. Lola instantly understood his meaning. “You want

in affirmation. “I know this is quite a risk, so I’m merely asking.

a person who abhorred evil in nature, and her former profession was even more dangerous than this, yet she’d never once been

was something she just couldn’t figure out. “Why is the