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… “

her drunken stupor, she scanned the room

here? Are you

knew it. I knew you’d appear in

left

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

the staff

when he first stepped into the room. But, now with Nora all over

shred me to pieces. In an instant, I tried to pull Nora

as I spoke, “Mr. Murphy, Nora’s completely drunk now and

you, Scarlett!” He

feeling like I

sat up from the sofa. She had a

the door like she was going back to work. Damn, she is

worried about Linda when she didn’t show any signs of stopping. She can’t possibly believe she’s at

to Armond, “Mr. Murphy, I’m so sorry! Linda has had too much

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

out of the room when that same person grabbed me by

I met the gaze of Ashton. Why is he here? Oh no, that means Nora must have made a real call

are you going?” Ashton asked before I could say

been thrown at me. “Linda’s drunk, and I can’t leave her on her

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