More Than A Favor

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I didn’t take Ashton’s effort lightly. After finishing the breakfast he had prepared for me, I sent him a simple message: “Thank you.”

Two small words, but they carried more weight than they seemed. I didn’t want to take his kindness for granted.

After sending the message, I busied myself with the trinkets I had bought from the night market the night before. I hadn’t even gotten far when my phone rang.

For a fleeting moment, my heart raced. I felt a brief surge of anticipation.

But when I saw the number on the screen, my heartbeat returned to normal. I sighed and answered, “Mr. Langston.”

Victor cleared his throat before speaking. “Ms. Hart, have you found a new job?”

The question caught me off guard. “Yes,” I replied, nodding even though he couldn’t see me. “Is there something you need?”

Victor cleared his throat again, clearly hesitant. Instead of answering, he asked another question, “Have you started yet?”

His evasive tone made me suspicious. “Mr. Langston,” I said, my patience thinning, “just say what you need to say.”

“Uh, no, it’s nothing. Just checking in,” Victor replied, still beating around the bush.

I scoffed lightly. “If you’re so concerned, Mr. Langston, why not come out with it instead of dancing around the point?”

Victor fell silent. I could sense he was struggling, debating whether or not to tell me the truth.

I wasn’t in any hurry. I placed my phone on speaker and continued tinkering with the little trinkets in front of me, waiting for him to gather his courage.

Finally, Victor sighed and confessed, “Mr. Mercer knows about your new job.”

I wasn’t surprised. Of course Logan would find out. But I knew Victor hadn’t called just to tell me this.

I stopped fiddling with the trinkets and asked bluntly, “So? Is he planning to stir up trouble again?”

“Ms. Hart, you know Mr. Mercer well,” Victor admitted with a sigh.

I frowned. It seemed Logan wasn’t going to let me start my new job in peace. But I hadn’t received any calls from my new employer yet.

Even though I hadn’t officially started, I had already signed the contract. If they wanted to back out, they would have to notify me.

I wasn’t angry–just amused. I let out a light laugh and asked, “Did he threaten them? Did he say that if they hired me, he’d make sure they disappeared from Hilcord?”

Victor chuckled awkwardly, which was answer enough.

Logan Mercer, the quintessential overbearing CEO, really thought the world revolved around him. If someone crossed him, he’d try to erase them from existence.

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“Well,” I said, my tone dripping with sarcasm, “he better be prepared to get rid of every company in Hilcord.”

Victor sighed again. “Ms. Hart, Mr. Mercer still cares about you.”

I laughed, but there was no humor in it.

Victor hesitated before adding, “He was quite embarrassed when you didn’t show up for the proposal yesterday. He threw a fit at first, but on the way back, he told me that if you came back to him, he’d let Selene go.”

I stared at my phone, my expression unreadable. “It’s too late.”

Hart-“Victor began, but I

have a boyfriend

of the line. Finally, Victor stammered,

clean cut was the best way to

would be the blade that severed my ties with

on Victor, I went back to organizing my trinkets and tidying up the house. Ashton had neatly folded the pink blanket he

of Ashton wrapped in that small pink blanket

this reminded me there were also unexpected

have made me anxious, but I remained calm. I was surprisingly

little apartment, tended to the flowers on

settled into the rocking chair on the balcony with

over the railing, I saw a group of movers unloading furniture. Two of them were smoking

landlady arrived

The furniture was for the new tenant moving into the apartment across from mine.

my blind date the night before, the thought of having a male neighbor

smile as I returned to

that afternoon, there was a knock on my

it to find the landlady standing there, smiling apologetically. “Elaine, I’m really sorry,”

what she was referring to–her inability to

back.

across the hall, I asked casually, “When will the new

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a sigh. “He wasn’t in a hurry at first, but early this morning he called and insisted everything be ready for him to move in today.”

I said, mostly to myself.

But he seems like a good guy. You won’t have to worry. I told him to

try my best to get along

could borrow? I forgot to bring one, and I need

it for you,” I said, heading

the hallway. I decided to take the mop into

had been freshly painted white, with a new bed

furniture except for the bed and bookshelf. Look at that bed–it’s perfectly fine! But he insisted on

briefly

evening, I still hadn’t received any calls from my employer. It puzzled

to check if my

night, she exclaimed, “Elaine, are you serious about this guy?

smiling. “When I’m ready to take

her tongue. “So you’re interested,

toes.

saved me and helped me more than once. How could I

her tone warm and sincere As Nora and I continued chatting happily, I heard the sound of a door opening

across the hall.

new tenant would be moving in today, so it seemed my new neighbor had finally arrived.

You know, just in case something like last night happens again. It might be easier to ask for help if we know each other,”

line. “Elaine, your neighbor is a man. If you knock on his door right after he moves in, he might think you’re either overly friendly or…

made me laugh.

she said

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I’ll wait for a chance encounter then,” I replied, shaking my head at her

other, I figured

was wrong.

a glimpse of my new neighbor.

even more was that Ashton hadn’t