“Sorry. I came here in a hurry and didn’t manage to grab my phone,” I admitted.

“Ha, no problem! I haven’t even started the app yet. You can pay me once you’re home,” she replied generonty

I was honestly pretty surprised by that.

I gave her the address as she entered it into her car’s GPS. The car smoothly steered out of the parking lot and onto the driveway.

Her phone rang after a while. She connected it to her Bluetooth earphones,

“Hello? Oh, yeah, I left. Mm–hmm. Just call your own driver!

“Why? Well, something happened! I didn’t have time to inform you, but trust me, you’ll love it once I tell you a home.

“For real, no cap. Anyway, can’t talk–driving! Byeee!”

I glanced at the rear–view mirror instinctively.

Was I hallucinating? A young, lean man stood by the roadside where we had just left.

The morning rays illuminated him, bringing warmth to his cool, collected demeanor. His presence seemed to purify the air and silence the noise around him.

He looked almost ethereal.

He had his phone pressed to his ear. I couldn’t see his face clearly from this distance, but something about him felt familiar. Had I seen him before?

anything out, the young woman hung up and giggled. “That was from my folks. They doubt I could be an Uber driver, so

I smiled silently.

from her personality–she had to be her family’s precious sweetheart, never denied

my life. I was born into an elite family,

been so consumed by her disastrous marriage and the divorce that most of the time. Thus, I had ended up absorbing her grievances and

had fought each other was stressful and ugly for any child.

dwindled even

me. Just thinking back

anyway? Everything felt so

suddenly broke through my thoughts. “Oh my God! Girl, you’re naturally beautiful! You’re not even wearing makeup, and here you are, just… glowing! I’m

thoughts and smiled. “Aww, aren’t you a

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Chapter 14

pretty sure she was trying to lighten my mood

a rough night’s sleep!

my mind. “I’m being sincere! You’re really pretty. You must have a pretty personality, too! That’s why ‘m giving you a lift!”

stunned

innocence. There was no hint of ulterior motives in her. She was sunny,

flattery, but it didn’t make me dislike her. In fact, I found myself liking her even

How odd…

the payment and handed her 65 dollars

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