As I was leaving for the supermarket the next morning, I saw a guy step out of the apartment beside mine. It was empty yesterday."Hey, sorry if I bothered you last night with the noise," he said, looking a bit embarrassed.“Uhm, no, I didn’t hear anything. The walls are thick.”I saw him let out a sigh of relief. “Thank God, because I moved in last night, and my idiot friends were dropping things. Anyway, have a good one,” he said before heading back inside. I just shrugged it off.In the past three weeks I keep running into Marcello at all my frequent places. He would stop to make conversations, and I would try to politely excuse myself.I had just left the deli and was heading home when I saw him at the corner. I acted like I didn’t see him, but he walked over to me.“Hey Lessa, Are you busy tonight?” he asked as he walked beside me.“Yes,” I said, picking up my pace.“Oh, I figured we could go grab a drink,” he said. I stopped outside the apartment complex and looked at him.“Look
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