More Than A Favor

Chapter 100

I reconsidered the situation and told myself it might not be possible.

While I was lost in thought, my phone buzzed, and Ashton’s familiar, pleasant voice came through.

“Hello?”

“Where are you?” I asked immediately. I wasn’t referring to the amusement park; I was asking about his location.

Because deep down, I felt certain I hadn’t been mistaken.

The person I saw on the balcony earlier–it had to be him.

“What’s up?” he countered, avoiding my question.

I hesitated for a moment, then walked briskly from the balcony through my apartment to the door across the hall. Holding my phone tightly, I said, “Open the door.”

There was a pause on the other end of the call, followed by the sound of the line disconnecting.

The door in front of me remained closed, but I knew I was right.

Moments later, the door creaked open, revealing Ashton standing there in gray loungewear.

So it was him.

He wasn’t just nearby–he was my new neighbor.

He hadn’t stopped visiting me; he had moved in right across the hall.

He wasn’t skipping night shifts at the amusement park; he had simply come early to ensure he could stay close and protect me.

even though he lived just a few steps away, he hadn’t told

started to make sense. He must have decided to rent the apartment across from mine when he helped fix my plumbing

stared at him,

Ashton said calmly, completely unbothered by being

anything wrong by renting the apartment, so I was the one overreacting. Yet, I couldn’t bring myself

with frustration. “Don’t you think you

I’ll explain,” he said, stepping

lip

my sake, I was still annoyed that he had kept me in

into his apartment, I

space was unrecognizable.

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what it looked

been ransacked. The living room had nothing but a couch, making it feel stark and empty.

is everything?” I

shifted to me. “Have you been here before?”

with questions, which only fueled my

at him, and under my intense stare, he finally pointed toward a nearby room. “I stored everything in

into one room? And all

or a drink on. Yet,

obvious. “Why did you rent the apartment across from mine?”

replied simply, “The

true–rent in this complex

here. Why rent the one directly across from me?” I asked, thinking back to that day when he took a mysterious phone call in my