Cordy denied it right then. "Nope."
John's personality was not as rotten as his.
"Yeah, I thought so too." Patrick sighed in relief then. "At least you won't hook up with him and dump me because of who he looks like."
"I would never," Cordy said bluntly—that was never going to happen.
With that, Cordy and Patrick returned to her room and had lunch together before getting in the hotel's car to get to the airport.
They both had first-class tickets, but Cordy was not sitting with Patrick because their tickets were not booked together.
Patrick waited for the one who would sit with Cordy so that he could ask to trade seats.
However, both him and Cordy were stunned when they saw who it was.
It had to be the mother of all coincidences!
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Naturally, it was none other than Lucas.
Why on earth would he go to North City instead of staying at the capital?
Cordy actually wondered if he was tailing her.
On the other hand, Lucas's expression darkened when he saw Cordy as well, looking clearly upset.
Cordy really wanted to snap at him vulgarly right then.
Who should be getting upset here, when he was the one relentlessly stalking her?!
"I bought my ticket before you did," she said bluntly before he could say a word. "So what are you up to here, Mr. Lynch?!"
Lucas rolled his eyes at her and whipped out his phone to show him his ticket receipt. "See there? I bought mine ten days ago!"
Still, Patrick grinned broadly when he saw Lucas turning toward him, flashing his large white teeth and looking plenty affable.
Lucas' glance was in turn scornful, and he planted himself on the seat beside Cordy, scoffing. "Change your seat if you want. I'm not changing mine!"
"I thought you didn't want to see me?" Cordy was growling through her teeth, just stopping short of bellowing.
"Exactly. Which is why you should leave right now," Lucas said, as if it was only natural.
Cordy inhaled deeply and told herself not to get petty with him—let alone act uncivilized in front of so many people.
She got up, walked over to Patrick's seat and asked the passenger sitting beside Patrick, "Excuse me, but would you mind changing seats with me? He's my friend."
"Sorry, but I'm not used to changing seats." The man refused summarily and promptly closed his eyes, leaving no grounds for discussion.
Patrick frowned. "Did that scumbag refuse to change seats?"
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