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 steps away, he hadn’t told

to rent the apartment across from mine when he helped fix

I stared at him, the

said calmly, completely unbothered by

done anything wrong by renting the apartment, so I was the one overreacting. Yet, I couldn’t bring myself to greet him calmly.

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

and I’ll explain,” he

my lip and

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

as I stepped into his apartment,

was

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

was as if the place had been ransacked. The living room had nothing but a couch,

I

me. “Have you

with questions, which only

stare, he finally pointed toward a nearby room. “I stored everything in there.”

shoved it into one room? And all he needed here was a

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

that, but I did address the obvious. “Why did you rent the apartment across from

“The rent

true–rent in this

apartments here. Why rent the one directly across from me?” I asked, thinking back to that