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?”

shot him a puzzled look. “What’s

it that bad to spend some time alone with me? You keep calling your

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

Trade Center located right in the bustling

the topic and huffed, “Fuller Corporation’s building is taller than this. Plus, it houses

You seem to know it well.” I

and added, “My mom bought this building with another

help but admire this

her saying she had another daughter when we were in Pear Garden, “You have a sister?” I asked

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

a store selling cream puffs on the

for Jared and Macy in

the cream puff store right after that. Both Macy and I loved eating cream puffs. We had similar tastes in

into space blankly. My childhood memory

Suddenly, a deep male voice rang in my ear. It was so familiar and brought back some

hadn’t hummed in acknowledgement, I would’ve thought I

started, but John had

but a chill was running down my spine, seeping into

me, a man greeted me icily, “Letty, long time

The cream puff store owner handed me my order, but I couldn’t bring

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