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 me.

have decided to rent the apartment across from

at him,

in,” Ashton said calmly, completely unbothered by

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

you think you

and I’ll explain,” he said,

my lip and walked inside.

in for my sake, I was still annoyed that he had kept me in the dark.

stepped into his apartment,

was

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before, and I knew what it looked like.

had been ransacked. The

is everything?” I asked

shifted to me. “Have you been here

questions, which only

and under my intense stare, he finally pointed toward a nearby room.

entire apartment and shoved it into one room? And all he needed here

would at least have a coffee table or something to place a phone or a drink on. Yet, he didn’t seem to mind the clutter in my parents‘ room when he stayed

that, but I did address the obvious. “Why did

simply, “The rent is

in this complex wasn’t

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