Chapter 235



I threw Grant a curveball.

Curiosity was killing me. Who was the big boss behind the scenes?

Deep down, I doubted it was Ernest. The guy was too broke to be in the running, but something kept nagging at me that Grant's mysterious backer could be Ernest.

With an afternoon wide open after a brief meeting, I flicked through my phone and opened WhatsApp.

There was a new message from Allen, just a friendly notification saying we were now contacts. Nothing else. Not a word more.

By now, he must've seen my acceptance notification but chose to ignore it.

Clearly, this was his way of getting back at me for not reciprocating his friend request last night.

no doubt about it. It was evident from this petty

Conrad had both warned me to

Even though he was giving me the cold shoulder now, I was sure he had something up his sleeve. For the moment, I decided to play

I left work

their kids for a walk or catching up with

back!" Olivia, who lived downstairs, greeted me with her

dinner

might not mean much, but they sure did make the neighborhood feel

just got back from grocery shopping, too. I'm jealous you have a

on Ernest's door, greeted by his inviting

by the delicious aroma of dinner cooking. My stomach, which had

was busy in the kitchen, the sound of the extractor fan filling the room. You've got

glanced back at me, "Go wash up. I've got watermelon juice chilling

thought of watermelon had crossed my mind

me over with good looks

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