Chapter 35

He didn't pick up Dennise's call and instead rejected it. Of course, she knew what Joshua's refusal would mean if she called him, that he didn't want to be disturbed by anyone.

Joshua then put his cell phone on the table and looked at Clarice. "I've never seen anyone holding my cell phone, Clarice. I never even told anyone to, so–"

"Okay. I'm sorry. I'm just uncomfortable with your cell phone ringing all the time. So I wanted to pick it up no matter who was calling you," Clarice said, cutting Joshua off. She meant to apologize, but who would have thought that the end of her sentence would hurt Joshua's feelings? Yet, it just showed him that Clarice got angry.

No matter who called me? Did she mean what she said? Because when I talked about Dennise, I saw jealousy in her expression, Joshua thought.

"Forget it. Now it's your turn to shower," Joshua said, choosing to change the subject. He turned his back on Clarice until he saw her enter the bathroom.

Joshua sighed. His body, which