Belated Awakening

om after dinner and sat

oom door opened di

s bare wrist and the cheap necklace around hi

and held my phone right in front o

nd pushed my phone aside.

e word over and over, feelin

lightly. "The girl just became my secretary. She gave me a little tri

ng. Since when did Ayden

ays chose male assi

t like having wo

closing the door he only left one sentence. "

s, the three-second vid

sore, yet I couldn'

's personali

ble rules that he all

his glass and mess up his

were exceptions

ere probably just tri

before finally gathering the

is chat app was automaticall

, this was the first time

t nicknamed "Clairy" was prominently p

sweet talk, just the girl's d

more than an

lower shop popped up at

le before reacting and c

te on the details pag

rted that

Ayden I thought was dull and old-fashioned actua

puter screen in a d

idn't notice whe

" I lifted my head a

my face, then at

at pulled at

to probe further. "The person

ed noticea

gated to Claire's profile pa

eyes, trying to fi

re was

r. "You said it yourself, girls love fantasizing about these idol scenar

sing" stuck i

eemed separated by a

never truly c

come with me to the dinner to

roz

ve years he actively suggeste

she be

d by my questioning. "She is my

, as if my question was both

still

room door

ond time seeing

eye. She was as youthful an

den introduced me b

d me, yet didn't move fr

and simply foun

nd chatted, taking the chance to t

his glass and clinked th

all this i

glass and downe

d down my throat, b

of Claire's high heel l

slightly tipsy, leaned on Ayden

pick it up wit

scratch mark on th

earching for an earring that probably

irst dropped

us remained in

ndow was my face that h

e. "Mr. Martin appreciates her so much. H

ead, frowning slig

r status. I'll st

he car froze

laire is just a secretary. She was in the past, and she will be in the

and reached out as he used to

y head to

and frozen in mid-air. "I'll prepare the di