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.

was evident from

had both warned me to steer clear

to act like I didn't know Allen. 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 it cool and wait for his

I left

kids

who lived downstairs, greeted me with

Haven't you started dinner yet?" I replied, returning

they sure did make the neighborhood feel more

got back from grocery shopping, too. I'm jealous you have a boyfriend who cooks!" Olivia said, pouting towards my

knocked on Ernest's door, greeted

delicious aroma of dinner cooking. My stomach,

the sound of the extractor fan filling the room. You've got Olivia drooling

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

thought of watermelon had crossed

me over with good looks and even better food?" I

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