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.

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 that day.

I stared at him, the

completely unbothered

anything wrong by renting the apartment, so I was the one overreacting.

I looked at him with frustration. “Don’t you think you owe me an explanation for what’s going

I’ll explain,” he said,

bit my lip

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

soon as I stepped into his apartment, I froze.

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had seen this apartment before, and I knew what it looked like. But now, it was completely bare.

had been ransacked. The

is everything?” I asked

shifted to me. “Have you

answered questions with questions, which only

stare, he finally pointed

he’d packed up the entire apartment and shoved it into one room? And

drink on. Yet, he didn’t seem

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

replied simply, “The

in this complex

across from me?” I asked, thinking back to that day when he took a mysterious phone call