The party lasted until the early hours of dawn.

Gerda and Janet got piss drunk, while the others who hadn't joined in the drinking competition continued to eat and drink.

Once they realized that Janet had completely wasted, they finally decided to call it call it a night.

The coworkers had worked together to lift the two girls from their seats and carried them outside.

"Hey, what should we do with these two? They're drunk as a skunk."

Christopher glanced at the still unconscious Janet and cleared his throat.

"I'll send Lind home."

"Oh yeah, you and Janet went to the same university, right?"

One of their colleagues asked with a mischievous glint in her eye.

Christopher just smiled.

"Yes, we were schoolmates."

He was not particularly good-looking, but he always looked neat, and had a calm and gentle demeanor that made people feel safe around him.

it didn't hurt that he was tall and had broad shoulders, too.

opened her eyes then, and

close.Didn't you stand up for her when Ike

supposed to be drunk?‘ Everyone had turned to Gerda in

still insisted.If I hadn't acted like I was drunk, she would have kept at it until she had to be

let out a loud burp,

then.Let Chrislopher send her back.We can leave it all

consensus, they hailed their respective taxis

locked at Janet, who was slumped against the

early autumn breeze was chilly, especially

over Janet's shoulders, then he put an arm around her waist to support her to the curb.His hold on her was loose and casual; he didn't have any ulterior motive.He only wanted to see that Janet went home safely, and perhaps spend a little more time

his neck and

wasn't easy, seeing as he was practically dragging a

her up, because Janet

"Janet?"

close and parted her messy hair to find her struggling to open her eyes.Her

all right? Do you

want to get some

sleep talking.She reached up with her slender fingers and scratched

into a comfortable position in his arms, and was sleeping soundly against

"Okay...Sleep well."

unaware that he was sporting a huge grin at that moment.He

called a taxi and put Janet in the backseat with much difficulty before flopping beside

to this neighborhood," he instructed the

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