Raspberry Creme Brulee(4)

8

On my birthday, I released Chloe from the blacklist.

She sent a series of aggrieved emojis to me. [Honey, why did you blacklist me? Don't you like the story I especially wrote for you?]

[It's not me. It's the hero who doesn't like it.]

Chloe was stunned when she saw the message I had sent to her. She then sent a thumbs-up emoji.

[You bold girl! How dare you send the article to Ryan? What did he say?]

I somehow recalled the subtle disappointed look on Ryan's face after I plucked up the courage to tell him that I was not the one who wrote the article that night.

I told Chloe about it truthfully. [He didn't seem to like it.]

I was confident that Ryan was unhappy with reading the article. I guess no one would want to be the object of sexual fantasy of his junior at university.

Chloe was studying in another city and wouldn't return for a few months. I had to celebrate my birthday alone.

In the afternoon, I exited the cafe where I worked part-time and went straight to the bar ups