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ROME

I was such an idiot.

I’d been flirting with her the whole night, and now that she flirted back and kissed me, I just stood there until she shut the door right into my face.

And I still did nothing. Who does that?

I’d been waiting for that time.

I thought I needed to do something, hoping it was not too late. Now I might not be so lucky to get the chance again. So I did the obvious. I knocked. She did not respond, obviously, and chose to ignore me.

I dialed her number, but it went on and on until my call was sent to her voicemail.

I knew we were both surprised by the sudden turn of events, but I would be the luckiest man to kiss her and do something more.

But too late for that. She might not want to see me or shut me out for the entire week.

So I decided on a simple way. I typed a message.

ROME: We need to talk

I went down after sending the message. Zee was still waiting for me.

“Are we going home?” he asked from the driver’s seat.

“Yeah.”

I checked my phone again