Love Beyond Reach novel Chapter 8

After returning home, Saoirse received a message from Julian's junior.

"Saoirse, why has Julian taken four or five days off? I've sent him messages but he hasn't replied. Is something wrong?"

Saoirse already knew the reason for Julian's leave. Still, she came up with an explanation for him. After all, Julian usually spent all his time in the lab and was never late or absent. It was a given that people would wonder when he suddenly took so many days off.

"Something happened at home."

After explaining, she walked over to the dining table and tore off another page from the calendar.

The 21 became a 20. After tomorrow, the dates would start with 1.

Thinking about the upcoming trip, she took a deep breath and dragged her exhausted body into the bathroom.

Perhaps because of the day's activities, she slept particularly well that night and didn't wake up until noon the next day.

The apartment was quiet, with everything in its usual place, undisturbed.

Julian had not returned for another night.

Saoirse had grown accustomed to it. She walked to the kitchen alone, poured herself a glass of milk, slowly enjoyed it, and began her solitary day.

Days passed, and the number on the calendar went from 20 to 15.

Julian had not sent any messages. He seemed to have vanished from her life.

As Saoirse busied herself packing her bags and preparing relevant documents, she would occasionally think about her "boyfriend."

Meanwhile, Julian was likely occupied with taking care of Georgina and had not thought of her at all.

On Monday, the junior sent another message, asking why Julian still hadn't come to class.

Seeing this, Saoirse finally called Julian to ask where he was.

Julian was silent for half a minute on the phone before giving a carefully formulated answer.

"I've been a bit busy lately. I can't come home for now."

Seeing that he was still being vague, Saoirse couldn't help but ask what was on her mind. "Did something happen to Georgina?"