"Zara, I'm leading a team in a competition and we're on the way to Denville. I heard that it's quite pretty there. How about a spontaneous trip?"

She seemed to be waiting for my message as she replied instantly, "I have a colleague who's from Denville. She said there's a place where the air is especially fresh during this season. Unfortunately, I can't take any leave now."

"Let me go and take a look to see if it's as good as your colleague said. If it's good, then we can invite Jade along and have a great six-person holiday."

"Six people?"

"Yes. You, me, Jade, and our partners. Isn't that six people? I'm bad at math, but I'm pretty good with addition and subtraction within the first ten numbers. Hmm, how about during the winter vacation?"

It became silent for the next five minutes.

The screen kept showing that Zara was typing, but there was no reply.

My heart started sinking.

It was as if I could see her sad face.

knew about Chris' affair. At least,

Our bonding time doesn't have to involve

the way, Zara, did Chris get promoted? He

didn't

else to say, so I deliberately steered the

If Denville is too far

the other end until my phone got locked. I unlocked it, only to wait until the screen got locked again without any replies. I repeated this several times until I finally heard the notification for

words, but it made

with Chris. It was an

her biting her lip while pretending to be strong as

couldn't really bring myself

being hurt by him. She was truly a

"When did it happen?"

"Four days ago."

"Four days ago?"

Wasn't that when...

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