Chapter 29

[JANE]

~Flashback~

"Tell me this isn't happening," I huffed on my seat as my dad just told me on the phone that I have to go on a 5-day business trip in Thailand tomorrow. Attending a business meeting is fine for me, but if Nicholas will go with me, and we're going to stay there for 5 days, that will be a big NO for me. There’s no way I can stay there with him.

"Girl, what's up? I just got back from Hawaii, and you're in distress again?” Reese Posie flashed me a look of concern after I talked with my dad on the phone.

"My dad asked me to go on a business trip with Nicholas to Thailand,” I said, propping the side of my face on the palm of my left hand while my elbow was placed on the desk for support. I glanced at Reese with a dejected expression on my face.

"Is this a crucial business meeting?" Reese inquired, pulling the dolphin key chain from her small pouch and wiggling it in front of me.

"Look, I got your dolphin key chain! And it's a pink one, just like what you wanted," sh