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As Reed slowly drove through the empty parking lot, he knew that Ethan's breakdown had something to do with
Olivia. His boss had ordered him to follow her all day and report her whereabouts. He had no idea why Ethan had
cheated on his wife if he still so clearly loved
her.
Of course, he would never say these thoughts out loud. He couldn't, not if he wanted to keep his job.
*Olivia*
Once we were on the quiet main road, far away from my old college, | relaxed slightly. | asked Gai to dropoff
at the physical therapist so that | could drive my own car home.
“Olivia, you can't drive safely when your ankle is injured like that,” Alexander protested. “How will you press
down on the pedals?”
| opened my mouth to argue, but once I considered what he was saying, | saw his point.
Alexander seemed to sense that | wasn’t going to fight him too hard on this. “Just letdrive you home,” he
suggested. “Gai can drive my car.
| sighed, and after sthought, | agreed.
But as soon as my stomach swooped with pleasure, when Alexander's warm hands were onto helpout of
his car, | wondered if | just made a big mistake.
*Olivia*
“Thank you for drivinghome,” I said to Alexander as he started my car.
| was slightly shivering, still affected by the cold bite of the bamboo forest. If | were being honest with myself, |
was also on edge from seeing my ex-husband having a breakdown. | didn’t think | would ever be able to get the
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtimage of Ethan frantically digging up our past out of my mind.
| knew, deep down in my heart, that Ethan was still in that empty, dark clearing manically digging and trying to
find evidence that we were once in love.
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Alexander put the heat on full blast, and my body relaxed as I flexed my fingers in front of the vents. | bit my lip
to keep from smiling at how well he could read me. I'd been about to turn on the heater right before he had.
He waved away my thanks as he looked behind him to check the empty road. “We live in the sapartment
complex. Driving your car his the least | can do.”
We drove in silence for a while. After the crazy day that I've had, it was nice to just be alone with my thoughts.
Eventually, my heart rate slowed down, and | wasn’t shivering anymore. Alexander was the one to break the
silence.
“I'm proud of you for standing up to Ethan today,” he murmured.
We were stopped at a light, and we
gazed into each other's eyes. My
heart lifted at his words, and | dign't
double guess mysei ds) &ahed for
his, Randa threaded my fingers
through his. When the light turned
green, Alexander began to drive, but
he kept his hand in mine. It was one
of the nicest moments that I've had
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Of course, two minutes later, he had to ruin it.
“So, have you given any more thought to being my girlfriend?” he asked.
| ripped my hand out of his and crossed my arms. “Your real girlfriend or just one for show like you wantedto
be before?”
“My real girlfriend, Olivia,” Alexander said in such a sincere voice that it caughtcompletely off guard.
But after a moment, | remembered why | was angry. “Why are you askinga question like that after the crazy
day that | just had?”
He sighed and tapped his pointer finger on the steering wheel. “You're right. I'm sorry.
We were quiet for the rest of the ride.
| couldn't gauge the atmosphere in
the car. | couldn't feltithe wae andry
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parked in the garage, Alexander
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“Listen, | realize that | overstepped by
asking you that,” he said. “I just want
to be able to put skind ofyaiye!
on this dst sob Siar
bbuhtiaries. What if we do a trial run?
We could pretend to be a couple just
to see how it goes.” He put his warm
hand over mine. “l don't want to rush
things. You're worth the wait.” The
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