“I’ll attend your wedding on time.”
But Debbie didn’t reply.
The whole afternoon, while he worked, he kept an eye on his phone. But still, there was no reply from her.
He lost his patience at last and randomly tapped on her WeChat Moments.
He was surprised to find an update she had posted around two in the afternoon.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“I can’t control my feelings for you. But I won’t expect anything from you anymore.”
Below the caption were a few pictures of the lunch she had cooked.
Fried green peas, fried mushrooms and broccoli, sweet-tea ribs, pearl meatballs and a bowl of fish soup.
He guessed that it was the Lunch she had brought for him earlier
Annoyed, he locked the phone screen and stood in front of the window.
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He Lit a cigarette and took a drag.
It was only then that he noticed it was raining outside.
He checked the weatheron his phone. It showed that it had begun to rain from noon and said it wouldn’t stop until that evening.
“Debbie caround one o’clock. She cto givelunch in this rain?’
He nipped the cigarette between his index finger and thumb without taking another drag.
The cigarette burned out and hurt his fingers a little, which finally snapped him back to reality.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter snuffing it out in the ashtray, Carlos grabbed his coat and left the office.
As soon as he stepped out, Frankie trotted over and reminded him,
“Carlos, you have an appointment with Mr. Chadwick later—”
“Cancel it.”
“And.. the meeting half an hour later?”
“Cancel everything.” Without wasting another moment, Carlos entered the elevator and went down to the parking lot. He got into his car and drove out.
The rain cdown heavily as Carlos drove the black Bentley out of the parking lot. He accelerated and hurried back to Champs Bay Apartments.
After parking the car, he rushed to the seventh floor
He rang the doorbell, but without waiting for another second, he entered the password and unlocked it.