Maybe I had truly gone crazy. Or maybe, just maybe, that extremely selfish person was exactly who I used to be.

Ashton was no longer at the hotel. After I had washed up and was getting ready to leave, John knocked on my door.

Furrowing his eyebrows as he looked over my pale, sallow complexion, he asked, “You didn’t sleep well last night?”

“No.” I massaged my temples, shaking my head. “Is there any news about Summer?”

He made an affirmative sound, gesturing towards the room in a silent request to continue this conversation inside.

Stepping aside, I let him in and closed the door behind him, walking over to sit on the sofa.

He poured out a glass of water for himself, glancing at me. “Are you happy with Ashton?”

“John, I thought you were here to talk about Summer.” I narrowed my eyes, a little upset at the new topic.

Coughing awkwardly, he reached up to rub his nose. “It’s true that I came here to talk about Summer. But you are the most important thing to me right now. Summer has Ashton, the Crest family, and the Stovall family. So, let’s talk about you first, okay?”

I squirmed uneasily under his intense stare, licking my dry lips. “What do you mean?”

“Just answer me.”

“Ashton and I have always been fine.”

was asking if you were happy, not if your relationship with him is fine

nit-picky. Irritated, I rolled

long-winded story. Every story had to have its ups and

happiness? If happiness could only be defined by how cheerful you

answer my question because your relationship with Ashton is starting to

glass of water in front of me.

and receive psychotherapy before restarting your relationship with him. This ambiguous situation between

Ambiguous?

what was wrong with myself anymore. All I knew was there was something wrong with

to control my temper and

my nightmares to the back of my mind, leaving them for the future me to

spoke up, “I’ll

nodded, not pressing the topic any

way, John, this isn’t the time

You’re worried about Summer, and we should go

“So?”

first, Letty. Alright?” He placed the glass down, taking a deep breath before turning

That sounds so weird…

the waters, I asked, “So did you guys find Summer? Did

his

that something might have happened

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