CHAPTER 9

Declan feels compelled to wake up on a beautiful Thursday morning. When he remembered the warm moments he had with Margaux in the very room he had just formed, he opened his eyes and smiled.

Declan leaned over to look at the girl, but the smile that had crept across his lips vanished as soon as he realized Margaux was no longer beside him.

He allowed himself to stay in bed for a few seconds, reasoning that the girl was just taking a bath.

But, after more than two minutes, the girl was still not there, and it was only then that he realized the bathroom was quiet, with no sign of Margaux's shadow taking a bath.

Declan gets up, only to discover that he is now alone, and that the clothes he threw away last night are now flattened, including his underwear.

Declan was completely taken aback. Margaux left him in the room without saying anything.

Was it difficult for that woman to wake him up and tell him she had to go home?

Declan moved quickly, even reaching for his clothes, which Margaux h