"No. I am not good, not good at all!"

"Jean, I haven't been and never will be good without you…" Arthur's voice sounded anguished. "Ever since you left me, I have been living in sadness and regret."

"You are drunk. You'd better go to sleep." Jean cut in and was ready to hang up the phone. Though Arthur was drunk, it seemed to Jean that he could fend for himself.

But suddenly there was a great thud from the other side of the phone, which gave Jean quite a shock. "Arthur, are you ok?"

"Sorry," only after a while did Arthur manage to answer, "I just fell off the bed."

Jean pinched her forehead to ease her worry, and she asked, "Are you on the top floor? Which room are you in?"

Arthur told her the room number but then fell into silence, so Jean had to put on her coat and went to him. The deputy manager was drunk and Jean's assistant must also be tired by now; they would not know Jean was gone.

Jean soon reached the top floor. When she rang the doorbell, it took a while before Arthur opened it, and he fell on her the moment she walked into the room.

man nearly dragged Jean down, and she helped Arthur back into bed with great difficulties. "I just don't understand.

and he turned over to embrace her. Arthur smiled elatedly, "I drank the deputy manager under the table so I get the chance to stay with you. He was so drunk that

was the reason why Arthur had

"Don't you feel uncomfortable

his head on her shoulder, he mumbled, "but I think it was quite worthy." Though his

seem fine to me. I will get you some water then I will

once she was in his room. He turned over and covered his forehead, as if in great

glass back. So, she had to put it down on the night table

Holding

again and again. So, he decided that this time he would tell her no matter what, and to do this, Arthur invited the deputy manager to dinner and drank

first Jean couldn't believe his words of passionate love. Lying on the bed, she

kiss her. The atmosphere became romantic. Though Jean kept thinking about going back to her room lest the deputy manager couldn't find her tomorrow, Arthur was

hour earlier once she had important work, so she still had time to go back to her room. But when she was about to leave, Arthur embraced her from behind

wearing the loose bathrobe. Jean could feel his tough muscles easily, which reminded her of yesterday's craziness. She couldn't help but

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