After Levi's parents left, Levi returned to what he was before their visit, leaving her alone in the house he had left for his date with Fiona. Lila felt her phone ringing, and when she took it out of her pocket, she was shocked to see that it was her mom calling. She was not in the mood for any back and forth with the woman, so instead of getting the call, she ignored it, and the calls stopped after a while. The house was too quiet for Lila to spend the rest of the night there, so she decided that the best thing to do was to go out."Jas wants to go out?" Lila said over the phone to her best friend."Tonight couldn't have been more perfect; let's go out," Jasmine replied, causing Lila to feel some kind of relief. She was worried her friend would turn her down, and then she would have to spend the entire Saturday night all alone at home sulking about things she could not control.They met up at a mixed bar and club and just stayed at the bar section where the music was not embarrassin
Lila stood in the middle of the room, beating herself up. She knew that she should not have kissed him, but why did she feel like she needed to, and why did it also feel like she was going to do it again? She would have always thought she was not an impulsive person who did things just because, and here she was, not able to find any reason as to why she had kissed Levi. She was not regretting locking lips with him, more like she wished she had done it earlier.Over the next few days, the tension between them was worse; Levi was treating her with so much arms-length aloofness, as if she were something that needed to be avoided by all means. If she were in a room and he mistakenly stumbled in, he would walk out without looking at her or even trying to strike up a conversation with her, which was a bit odd to her. At first, she thought she was being paranoid, but then it turned into a trend for him towards her.He would wake up extra early and even skip breakfast just so he did not have
A FEW DAYS LATERLevi had an off day, and he suggested that they see a movie together at the theatre. Lila agreed without thinking too much about it; after all, she was glad that the distance between them might be resolved by this. She did not know what he was thinking since he did not say a word about it and the air around them was tense. She missed how it was when they were friends and stayed together instead of how it is between them now.All she got from him were mumbles of greeting and a bare, halfhearted 'How are you?'; it was as if she was forced to live in a nightmare. She hated how it felt and hoped that this would change how things were between them once and for all.Levi told Mary to get them popcorn and some soda before he went on to get the theatre ready. Lila went on to change out of her clothing and put on perfume for reasons unknown to her as well. They sat in the theatre and watched the movie quietly until it came to an end and Levi was ready to move on. He didn't kno
Lila muttered a jumble of words before excusing herself and walking away at once. She could not believe how shameless Fiona was but then she was trying to understand her; she had tried to do the same thing just a few days ago. She had been trying to put them together so why was she angry now that the woman was taking action by herself?Lila had Victoria come over later in the morning. "Oh my goodness, you did not tell me that you lived in such a lovely place," Victoria gushed as soon as they got into the house."I am sure that you live in a much better place." Victoria rolled her eyes and shrugged."I mean this place looks more like a home than any other house I have been in in the last ten years." Lila tried to ignore that what her sister said was right."I saw your ad," Toria said, breaking the silence between them. Lila knew that her sister was there because of the ad, but she did not want to be the one to bring it up first."I am sure you did; it's pretty popular right now." Lila
Lila could not help but feel heartbroken and a tad bit depressed about everything that had happened. She was still not aware of what Levi had done that night because he did not mention it, and her mom did not say anything about it either. She was just lying around all day, trying to fill the void she had in her with as much junk as she could get. She was trying her best not to crash out, but she would find herself constantly breaking down in sobs throughout the day, and surprisingly, every time that happened, Levi was there to console her."You aren't going to work today either?" she asked when she realised he had not returned to work three days later."I am not" was all he said as they continued munching on breakfast."If it is because of me, you know you do not have to worry," she said, taking in his casual clothing. He had done enough for her and she did not want to feel more indebted to him on the case."It's not." She looked at him as he stared down at his plate, not daring to lo
Levi was able to see her location on his phone, and he was glad that he had agreed to share his location with her because now he would not have been able to know where she was. He drove down to the bar with such a speed that it would be enough to cause an accident. He was worried if she was as drunk as toulk out; who knows what anyone could do to her in that state? His grip on the steering wheel tightened, and his eyes flared with anger as he thought of what could have happened at her parents' house to cause her to think of drinking as much as she did. He wondered why her parents were like that, why they tortured her so much.He barely parked the car when he flew out of the car into the bar and walked in; his eyes scanned the entire room until they fell on her by the corner of the room. He let out a sigh of relief to see that no one had really noticed her and she was sleeping soundly. He walked to her and took her bag, hanging it over his shoulders before shaking her briefly."Who are