About halfway through the movie, my phone rang. I glanced at the screen, and my heart almost jumped out of my chest.

It was Edward. ‘Seriously? Is Edward losing it? I ignored his text and now he’s actually calling me? I thought.

It rang twice before I hung up.

Ryan glanced over at me and asked quietly, “Who was calling?

“Just someone from work,” I said with a smile. “No need to pick up–I’ll deal with it when I’m back in the office.”

Ryan scooted a little closer, grinning. “You sure it’s nothing important?”

“Nope, nothing urgent,” I said.

Ryan didn’t press for more, and the movie was getting to the juiciest part–the whole love triangle was about to be exposed.

The way the movie mirrored real life felt like an invisible thread tugging at my nerves, leaving me totally

tense.

It was a foreign film, and I hadn’t seen it before.

“Vic, who do you think the lead will end up with?” Ryan asked out of the blue.

I smiled and said, “No clue. The lead doesn’t even know herself. If she really wants one of them, she should just go all in and love him wholeheartedly, instead of stringing the other guy along and letting him get hurt for her.”

chuckled. “Love is strange–you can’t control it. Most

was caught off guard. Ryan was still so young, yet he saw through things with a clarity and wisdom that made him seem like

comes to

turned and gave me a thoughtful look before shifting his

his face. His striking profile only made the masculine lines of

more.

danced across his face, there was something almost secretive hidden in Ryan’s

spent with Ryan, the more I realized I’d really underestimated him. Maybe it was time I

10:50 Fri, Sep 5

Chapter 538

I slipped away to the bathroom,

was pitch black, like someone had spilled ink all over

about. She became a volunteer, working with a charity to rescue wild

felt like it was being tugged somewhere far away. But then, with

think I’ll take a nap,” I said

me–I’ll just read for a bit,” Ryan said, reaching for the book he’d

his leg and started drifting off,

just dead tired, but it felt like there were

my chest tightened and I snapped awake–turns

up. Ryan reached over and gently helped me sit up.

wash my face.”

nodded with a smile. “I’m

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