Chapter 7

“Uh, bye. Talk to you later!” Macy cut the line abruptly.

Huh? What was going on?

Didn’t I ask Jared to send her back last night? I couldn’t believe she found herself a one-night stand in that circumstance!

Wait, was that Jared

I proceeded to call Jared next. The phone rang for quite some time before someone picked up

“Scarlett,” he answered in a clear voice. It didn’t seem like he was asleep, so I asked, “What are you doing?”

“I’m driving. What’s wrong?” he replied.

Well, it looked like he wasn’t with Macy.

Chuckling, I told him, “I’m done with work. Are you free this afternoon? Let’s have lunch together.”

“Sure,” he agreed without hesitation.

When I hung up, Nick was looking at me, amused. “Scarlett, seriously?”

a puzzled look.

bad to spend some time alone with me? You keep calling your friends and

outburst and gazed at the bustling city. “A City is

at International Trade Center located right in the bustling area, I told Nick, “This is a tall

was trying to change the topic and huffed, “Fuller Corporation’s building is taller than this. Plus, it houses different

seem to know it

He grunted and added, “My mom bought this building with another tech company’s owner.

was owned by Cameron.I couldn’t help but admire this

had another daughter when we were in

this topic as his expression soured. “That’s her daughter. It has

selling cream puffs on the first floor of International Trade Center.

for Jared and Macy in the mall?

Macy and I

into space blankly. My childhood memory was fuzzy by then, but I remembered how I loved

Suddenly, a deep male voice rang in my ear. It was so

the store owner hadn’t hummed in acknowledgement, I would’ve thought

of me. I didn’t know when it started, but

was running down my spine, seeping into my veins. I started panting and trembling in

greeted me icily, “Letty,

owner handed me my order, but

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