Shirley was taken aback, "You guys met up already?"

"Pure coincidence!" Audrey scoffed, "He was with Sylvia."

Shirley sensed a tone of bitterness in her voice and asked, "You know Sylvia?"

"My dad's firm did a collab with her PR agency once, I've heard her name. True to the rumors, she's quite a knockout."

Shirley picked up on the sour grapes in Audrey's voice and chuckled lightly, "You haven't, you know, still got a thing for Gabriel, have you?"

Audrey snorted derisively, "What's there to get over? It's not like he was into me. I just think it's hilarious how Gabriel's hit rock bottom, letting a gal buy clothes for him. Pathetic!"

Shirley objected, "You've got it all wrong, Gabriel's not that type of guy!"

"Years have passed, people change!" Audrey pursed her lips coldly, "Anyhow, I've got things to do, gotta go."

"Sure, let's catch up sometime," Shirley offered politely.

"We'll see."

Audrey hung up abruptly.

once more in the direction Gabriel had left, gripping her phone tighter, suddenly filled with

That night

a shower, stood on the balcony smoking when Audrey's

was quite the surprise seeing you today. I thought we'd never cross paths again in this lifetime," Audrey began, her tone

deep and distant as twilight, "The world's only so big. Bumping into each

boyfriends, none right for me, all ended in nothing. What

both the same, not keen on being

Gabriel remained noncommittal.

are you? Let's grab a drink, my

Gabriel declined, "No need."

heard Sylvia approach from

wore a thin silk nightgown, her touch cool and smooth

his waist, her

phone, Audrey pressed, "We're old friends, aren't we? Can't we catch up over a drink without you being so guarded? Or is Sylvia stopping you

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