One Step Too Far 소설 & 이야기

It felt like a fist squeezing my chest. "I'm sorry, but your balance is zero. You're not our client. Our staff are busy. We're not searching the streets for a non-client." "Two kilometers? Even if you were two feet away, your balance would still be zero." Her voice went flat. "Sorry, Ms. Keyne. I have work to do. Please come recharge as soon as possible." Click. The line went dead. I stared at the endless line of red taillights. Despair hit from deep inside.

I felt a sudden dampness on my face. Tears. I was crying. Then Eliza's phone buzzed in her hand. A message flashed on the screen. Her face went pale, lips trembling. "What's wrong?" Greyson asked, reaching for her phone. The screen was filled with messages sent from my number, each one a vicious insult directed at her: [You pathetic slut. Hope you and your little bastard get run over by a car.] [You don't deserve to live happy.] [Give Greyson back to me!]

I cannot lose that prize. I breathed in deeply. Baby steps, Case, one step at a time, one foot after the other. My brain gripped onto that and I racked my mind for the first problem I can think of solving right now. I exhaled the breath I was holding and took my phone out, calling someone I knew I owed an apology to and braced myself, making sure to discard my ego. Well, here goes nothing then.

he says. “I don’t like that answer.” “It’s the only one that fits.” I step back. Carefully. This time, my foot lands somewhere new. The ground stays empty. No print. No pre-made step. Good. I breathe out slowly. “Okay,” I say. “So we just don’t—” My next step— Matches again. Exactly. Same angle. Same position. Like it adjusted. Like it learned from the correction. “No,” I say under my breath. “No, that’s not happening.”

“Do you get it? I didn’t come here to ask you to- No. I only came here to tell you what happened between us was nothing but a mistake. A one night mistake. One that’s never going to happen again. Never ever. So do not even think of getting any weird ideas in your head.” “Weird ideas?” He finally shifted his gaze from his phone, assuring me he was indeed listening to my rants. “You seem to be mistaken. You are the one having weird ideas here. Not the other way round.” “Excuse me?” “Do you really want me to spell it out for you?” He dropped his phone and immediately took a step towards me, having me take two away from him. “I don’t care about what happened between us. It was a one night stand

“We take it one step at a time, alpha. Solve one problem at a time.” “I guess the easiest thing we can do right now is plan a coup.”

With how easily Dustin had taken those seven steps, it was quite possible that he could take the eighth! After that, no one knew what would happen. “Sir, may I ask what the greatest number of steps that someone has managed?” Dustin turned back and asked. “Ten. Only one person has ever managed it,” Howard said with a smile. Dustin nodded. He looked ahead and let out a low sound. He could go further. However, there was danger in it. Dustin immediately turned around and made his way back. He did not linger at all. Howard and Victor were both surprised by this.

I am scared that I won't be able to let go of you. Mr Kingston, I think I have fallen in love with you. I know it's not right, therefore, I'm going away. Thank you for all those beautiful moments. Staying here with you, it were the best 2 months of my life. I hope you leave a happy life ahead. I will always miss you. Stephanie'

I sat down next to her, pulling her to me. "I'm sorry, Nolan. I just can't do this." She stood, walking away from me. Her room wasn’t very big, but it seemed to me she was trying to get to the farthest space from me as she could. Was this two steps forward and one step back? Or had it been one step forward and two steps back?

"But you're barely wearing anything. What if you run into the wrong sort? I'll take you home after breakfast. After your clothes are dried." She turned to me again, her impatience nearly dripping from every word. "First thing in the morning, and you're ruining everyone's day. Sometimes I wish I never married you!" Silence crashed into the room like a mountain. It did not take long for Sonia to realize she had gone too far. Sonia opened her mouth, but I refused to give her time for any explanation. Icily, I said, "That makes two of us, Sonia. You two stay. I'll leave."