Chapter 58

Back in the house.

Yvonne felt restless after Samuel left. As the hours slowly ticked past, she lay on the bed, unable to drift into sleep.

She clutched onto her phone. She watched the seconds trickling into minutes. It turned eleven all too soon.

Usually, she would be asleep by now, since she would go for her morning jog the next day. Why did her eyelids refuse to close then?

At that moment, Yvonne realized that Samuel was a part of her life that she could not lose. Even though he only slept on the floor, he held such an important place in her heart.

She wanted to call him and ask when he would be coming back, but he did make it clear that he had something to do before he left the house. Yvonne did not want to pester him.

Just like that, she stayed awake the whole night. The sky just began to break into dawn when Yvonne finally heard the clicking of the door. She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Samuel had never expected to be held up the entire night. He tiptoed into the room and realized that Yvonne was still sleeping. He released a breath of

relief.

that her lashes were twitching, and her eye bags had worsened. Dark circles also ringed

said. She did not want him to know about that, so she continued to

floor mattress. "A friend of mine ran into some trouble. That's why I was

happened, but she was pretending to be

life was to retire and disappear from his world. He thought that he could live out his days peacefully,

over.

not rein it in any longer. She put on a haphazard mask of someone who has just woken up." I'm still sleeping," she said irritably. "Do you want to be thrown out of

that?"

the bed. "Take a

Yvonne. Did he already

How awkward.

can't run it without m e. Oh, but I won't go

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