She had captioned the photos: Treasure the blissful moments in life. Love me truly, madly, deeply!
I frowned and looked at her. “Don’t you think this is too much?”
Nora simply shrugged and replied, “Not at all! I think it perfectly described the essence of these pictures!”
I held my forehand and was speechless. However, I had to admit that it was actually quite appropriate.
My phone vibrated when I was about to put it down and continue enjoying my meal.
I could easily guess who it was without looking at the screen. Nora pouted and said, “Are you going to that shit in front of me again?”
I smiled as I picked up, “Ashton, have you had dinner?”
Ashton’s gentle voice sounded over the phone as he replied, “I’ve already eaten. Are you back at the hotel?”
“Yup,” I answered before taking a bite of salad and continued, “I got back not long ago and was just about to have dinner!”
He was probably still at the office as I could hear him typing. “Seems like you were pretty busy today!” he said.
I nodded and replied, “I learned a lot from Ms. Zimmer today. Level one of the bases is already settled so we spent the whole of today discussing the plan for the second floor. If everything goes well, we should be done by tomorrow.”
He might have heard me munching on my food and said, “Let’s talk later. You should finish your meal properly first!”
After taking a pause, he added, “Finish all your food!”
I pursed my lips upon hearing that. Well, I was still hungry anyway. I hung up after saying just a few more words and continued eating my steak.
Nora looked at me begrudgingly and commented, “How can the both of you be so clingy all the time? Don’t you get sick of it?”
I shrugged, “Is that considered clingy?”
She nodded and replied, “Very. I haven’t seen Armond for a few days already even though he just stays next door. He’s always not around whenever I go over to look for him. He doesn’t pick up my calls as well. He didn’t even call to ask me how I am! I’m starting to feel like I’m in a one-sided relationship.”
I didn’t know how to respond to that…
Forget it. I decided to ignore her and continue eating my steak.
After eating a few more mouthfuls, I suddenly realized that something was amiss. Looking up at her, I asked, “Did you just say you haven’t seen Armond these few days and haven’t been able to get through his phone?”
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