15Since I moved out of Tony's house, he hadn't contacted me for a couple of days.I thought he was thinking carefully about our relationship, but when I got home from work that night, I saw him squatting pitifully at the door of my apartment. When he saw me, he jumped up excitedly and called out, "Katherine!"Then, his body swayed. I hurried forward to help him up. Tony fell into my arms and buried his face in my neck, blowing his warm breath on my skin."Katherine," he said with grievance, "my feet are numb."I was speechless.I had no choice but to take Tony home.After walking into the room, he put down his backpack and took out a painting from it.It turned out to be me in the painting. My red dress swept the desolate ground, as bright as flames. My soft brown hair hung down, matching well with the golden-red setting sun in the sky.However, the face in the picture was a little different from mine."It's you two years ago."Tony said, "After that time, I often dreamed

3It was Ryan.Although I really wanted to run away without looking back, the last bit of reason left in my mind made me stop.When I turned, I saw Ryan strode up to me in a few steps.I forced a smile and stammered, "R-Ryan?"He glanced at my face coldly. Then his gaze landed on the meal card in my hand.His indifferent voice sounded. "Are you nervous?""No... I'm not."After I denied it, I lowered my head, only to find that my fingertips had turned pale from grabbing the meal card too tight.I didn't know if it was an illusion, but I seemed to hear Ryan chuckle.However, when I raised my head again, he resumed his cold manner."When will you give me your paper?"My heart skipped a beat at the mention of the paper. I whispered, "Well, I've sent you the draft of the paper."Ryan took out his phone from his pocket and tapped twice on the screen.After a quick glance, he put away his phone and looked at me again. "I saw it. Would you like to have dinner with me?"I should

8On 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

1"I'm gonna die in your bed, Karen."His voice had a charming huskiness and sweetness.Noah Miller was born with beautiful eyes. Coupled with his handsome, sexy face, he was able to attract a large number of girls his age and even younger.I was getting dressed. My white shirt was wrinkled and dirty, so I couldn't wear it anymore. I dropped it in the laundry basket and pulled a T-shirt out of the closet."Don't say that." After putting on the T-shirt, I poured myself a shot of whiskey, put some soda in it, and went to the refrigerator to get some ice balls.Noah shouted behind me, "Don't look for them. I put it all in my coke yesterday.""Why didn't you freeze new ones?"I glared back at him, stopped drinking, slammed my glass down on the table, picked up the clothes and trousers he had thrown on the floor, and threw them at him."Just get dressed and go. I have a plan to make, so I don't have time tonight.""Why did you turn your back on me after you slept with me?" Noah sc

6Noah stayed at my place for two days, and on the third day, he had to go back to school for classes.He was reluctant to part and insisted on asking me for a goodbye kiss.I kissed him on the warm cheek and was about to leave when he grabbed me by the chin and French kissed me.When he finally let go of me, he looked me in the eye again, and whispered, "I'll miss you."I sighed in my heart. Against my will, I said, "I'll miss you, too."His eyes lit up. "Really?""Yes."Of course it was fake.He had been incredibly clingy for the last two days, so I'd got a pile of unfinished work waiting to be done when he left.I should have driven him away a long time ago, but when I saw his innocent eyes, I couldn't say anything harsh.Early the next morning, I handed Matt the plan I had worked on all night. He looked down and flipped through two pages before looking up and saying with a smile, "I've always had confidence in your ability to do the job."I pursed my lips and said, "Mr.