#170 “Why won’t You Answer?”

As soon as their plane landed, Sophia was eager to return to her grandfather’s house. She and Benjamin hailed a taxi, the anticipation of revisiting her childhood home palpable in the air. Upon arriving in front of the house, Sophia reached for her phone to inform Alexander of their safe arrival.

“I’ll just write to Alexander that everything is fine and we’ve arrived,” she announced, her fingers hovering over the screen.

But before she could proceed, Benjamin swiftly snatched the phone from her hand, eliciting a frown from Sophia.

“You can write to him as soon as we enter. Come on, Sophia, you haven’t been here for years, let’s get settled in first,” Benjamin suggested, his tone persuasive.

Sophia chuckled at Benjamin’s eagerness. “God, Benjamin, you’ve really missed this place,” she remarked, a fond smile playing on her lips.

course, my best years were here,” he replied nostalgically, his arm draped

the house, Sophia remained unaware that he had discreetly stowed away her phone in his own pocket,

Sophia couldn’t help but feel a rush of nostalgia. Memories flooded back to her, evoking a sense of

Sophia remarked, her eyes scanning the familiar surroundings with a mix

nodded in agreement, his gaze lingering on Sophia as if trying to capture the moment. “Some things never change,” he

that there was something more to Benjamin’s demeanor, a subtle undercurrent beneath his

eagerness to uncover her grandfather’s secrets intensifying with each passing

gripped him like a vice. Despite his best efforts to focus on his work, his mind kept drifting back to the image Benjamin had sent him, tormenting him with visions

nervous energy, Alexander’s thoughts churned with jealousy and insecurity. He couldn’t understand

like an eternity, each minute dragging by with agonizing slowness as Alexander waited for a sign from Sophia. But as the afternoon wore on and his calls

her to pick up. But to his dismay, the call went straight

to himself, his voice thick with emotion.

the minutes stretched into hours, Alexander’s anxiety reached a fever pitch, his mind racing with a thousand worst-case scenarios. He couldn’t shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong, and the thought of Sophia in Benjamin’s company filled him with a sickening

hope of reaching her, his phone buzzed with a new notification. With trembling hands, he unlocked the screen to see yet another message from Benjamin, accompanied by a photo that sent a fresh wave

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