Bride to Be, Not Me

Chapter 169

Chapter 169

Janice's and Edward's eyes met.

Janice asked first, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I can't sleep."

"Insomnia?"

"Yeah."

She walked over and stood beside him. "What's on your mind?"

Edward lowered his gaze, looking down at her. "Earlier, you said you missed me."

Wait... He was still thinking about that?

Janice tilted her head, absently pinching her earlobe. "Mm... Yeah, I did."

"Then why didn't you call me? Not even once?"

She frowned slightly. "Why would I call you?"

Edward leaned back against the round table behind him, one long leg planted firmly on the floor. "How else was I supposed to know you missed me? If you had told me earlier, I would've come back sooner."

now, aren't we?" She averted her

grasped

"Say it again."

"What?"

lips curved slightly, but the quiet stillness of the night made his presence feel heavier, more

a slow

"Hmm?"

hesitated. But after everything that happened tonight, she

silence, she adjusted the outer layer of her pajama robe, then leaned

"Edward."

gaze remained steady, unwavering.

gone for so many

her mouth, Janice turned and walked straight back to the guest room, closing the

where he was, staring at the closed door. Slowly, he placed a cigarette between hisdips

from Shirley arrived

Heidi frowned. "That fast?"

was stunned. Inside was an

of the

crochet needle was elegantly placed inside a beautiful crochet

of the highest status in the seamstress

hadn't expected Shirley to be this generous, to actually send something so

"Heidi?"

the brooch. "That's gorgeous.

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