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.

lived just a few steps away,

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

him,

completely

apartment, so I was the one overreacting. Yet, I couldn’t bring myself to greet

looked at him with frustration. “Don’t you think you owe me

and I’ll explain,” he

lip and walked

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

stepped into

was unrecognizable.

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what it looked like. But now, it was completely

the place had been ransacked. The living room had nothing but

everything?” I

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

questions with questions,

finally pointed toward a nearby room. “I stored everything

into one room? And all he needed here was a

table or something to place a phone or a drink on. Yet, he didn’t

the obvious. “Why did you

simply, “The

true–rent in this complex

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