More Than A Favor

Chapter 57

I wasn’t shocked that Ashton wanted to add me.

Made sense we were colleagues now and needed to stay in touch about work stuff. WhatsApp would make that easier.

But I didn’t accept right away. Instead, I replied to Nora first, though she didn’t respond. Probably tied up with something.

I checked Miles’s message and thought for a second before typing, “Swamped with the amusement park lately. I’ll show you around once things settle down.”

Adding a quick, “Sorry.”

Miles shot back almost instantly: ‘No sweat. Just take care of yourself, no matter how crazy things get, okay?”

Before I could answer, another text from him: “I’ll be here when you’re free.”

I was about to send “Okay” but it felt wrong after his last message. Instead, I asked, “You planning to stick around for a while?”

“Yeah, I’ll be here for quite a bit,” Miles replied.

That surprised me. Tessa and Ethan must be happy about that.”

I saw the typing dots, but nothing came through even after a few minutes.

to checking my work email, my usual routine. Surprisingly, my inbox was empty

notification dot left me feeling

shoving her phone in my face. “Elaine, have you seen this show? It’s the leads‘ second

funny – the female lead had turned

down to watch with Maya, but sleep

opened my eyes,

her nightgown hiked

Nora and Miles. His

chat, I finally got it – he was asking if

or going didn’t affect me at all. Why even

something was off,

grabbed some water to drink by the window. There was

– you could still see pretty much everything

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my water, about to stretch, when someone caught

a jogging stride – had