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.

he lived just a few

rent the apartment across from mine

at him, the

in,” Ashton said calmly, completely

I was the one overreacting. Yet, I couldn’t bring myself

the doorway, I looked at him with frustration. “Don’t you think you owe me an explanation

and I’ll explain,” he

my lip and walked

was fairly certain he had moved in for my sake, I was still annoyed that

stepped into

was

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this apartment before, and I knew what

were the old furnishings–it was as if the place had been ransacked. The living room had nothing but a couch, making it feel

is everything?” I asked

“Have you been here before?”

questions with questions, which only fueled my

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

he’d packed up the entire apartment and shoved it into one room? And all he needed here was a couch?

to place a phone or a drink on. Yet, he didn’t seem to mind the clutter in my

about that, but I did address the obvious.

“The rent

was true–rent in this complex wasn’t

one directly across from me?” I asked, thinking back to