“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?

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

I smiled silently.

had to be her family’s precious sweetheart, never denied love or

elite family, but I never

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

The way my parents had fought each other was stressful and

my grandfather and mother passed away. The number of people who loved me dwindled even more. My

thinking back on what had happened last night made

life, anyway?

Girl, you’re naturally beautiful! You’re not even wearing makeup, and here you are, just… glowing! I’m

my thoughts and smiled.

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lighten my mood

night’s sleep! I probably looked awful.

she said suddenly, as if she had read my mind. “I’m being sincere! You’re really pretty. You must have a pretty

was stunned into

lying, but her face showed only innocence. There was no hint of ulterior motives in her. She was

certain it was just flattery, but it didn’t make me dislike her. In

How odd…

and handed her

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