After that, she continued, “No, I’m drunk now. I shouldn’t be calling Ashton. I should call Armond, and let him come…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Nora dozed off.

I couldn’t help but chuckle at how ridiculous she was. Since she had fallen asleep, I brought her to the bed and tucked her in.

After covering Linda with a blanket, I decided to lie on the sofa to get some shut eye.

Ding dong! I was so close to dozing off when the doorbell to our room suddenly rang. I was stunned and sat up straight from the sofa.

Alcohol had clouded my mind, and I began to fear the worst. What if that there was an intruder at our door?

 

A short while later, the door opened, and Armond stepped into the room. One of the staff from Nora’s bar followed behind, still holding on to the room key.

When he realized the room reeked of booze and was in complete disarray, Armond’s face blazed with anger. “How much did you drink?”

 

Seeing how angry and fierce he already was, I decided not to lie. “A lot. But Nora and Linda drank the most.”

“Do you expect me to praise you for having control?” he said coldly, even though the anger in his voice was obvious.

I was still feeling light-headed, but I forced myself to stay sober. “Armond, I… “

the bed when he heard his name. In her drunken stupor, she scanned the room until she

Are you going to

and staggered over, throwing herself into Armond’s arms. “I knew it. I knew you’d appear in my dreams. Linda told me you hadn’t been a virgin since you were

left me

Linda were discussing earlier. But judging by what we just heard, Linda had been very generous

so embarrassing that even the staff

But, now with Nora all over him, the fury in

me to pieces. In an instant, I tried to pull Nora away from him but to no

“Mr. Murphy, Nora’s completely drunk

He gritted his

forced a smile, despite feeling like I might keel over

caused Linda to stir from her sleep as she groggily sat up from the sofa. She had a moment of clarity and

and strode toward the door like she was going back to work.

she didn’t show any signs of stopping. She can’t possibly believe she’s at work, can she? If she walks out in this state,

further ado, I hurriedly apologized to Armond, “Mr. Murphy, I’m so sorry! Linda has had too much to drink. I’ll go

my way out. Before I could make out who the person was, I

stepped out of the room when that same person grabbed me by my arm and pulled

was only then that I got a good look at him. My eyes widened in surprise when I met the gaze of Ashton. Why is

are you going?” Ashton asked before I

complete mess from the alcohol and all the surprises that had been thrown at me. “Linda’s drunk, and I can’t leave her on

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