\u00a0you really come knocking on my door this early in the morning just to ask that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Moving was a real pain in the ass, and Scarlet was a perfectionist. She couldn\u2019t relax until everything was properly packed and sorted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet had been packing until 5:00 am. After less than four hours of sleep, she was jolted awake by him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet was at a loss for words. Her mind was still foggy, and her voice came out soft and nasal. \u201cI was packing last night.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William was so livid his chest ached. As soon as he hung up on Lucy, he rang the hospital. Scarlet\u2019s colleague told him she hadn\u2019t shown up for work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His heart sank to the bottom of his stomach. He sped here like a man possessed, bracing himself for the worst. In the end, she had just been packing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou couldn\u2019t even answer your phone while you were packing? It takes what, a few minutes?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet was caught off guard by his outburst. Her brows knitted together as she asked, \u201cWhat, is ignoring calls your exclusive right? Why is it an issue when I do it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William said, \u201cSomething came up yesterday. Howard drove recklessly and hit Nicole. I took her to the hospital and accidentally left my phone in the car.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to explain. I didn\u2019t ask either.\u201d Scarlet held his gaze calmly. \u201cBesides, it\u2019s not like you only ignored my calls yesterday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William was rendered speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, the elevator chimed. Lucy burst out, and the moment she spotted Scarlet, she started bawling as she sprinted over. She seized Scarlet and shook her like a madwoman. \u201cYou literally gave me a heart attack! I thought something happened to you! I looked everywhere for you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet hurriedly wrapped her arms around her, patting her back to calm her down. On top of that, she wiped Lucy\u2019s tears away with her sleeve. Her voice was impossibly gentle as she consoled her. \u201cI\u2019m fine. I\u2019m seriously fine. Dry those tears now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucy wailed, \u201cWhy did you not answer my calls? Your phone was off! Do you have any idea how terrifying it is when a youngin\u2019s phone goes dead these days?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry. I was moving last night. I packed until 5:00 am, and I didn\u2019t know where I had misplaced my phone. I looked everywhere and couldn\u2019t find it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet had forgotten to turn off silent mode after her night shift. The place was a mess, boxes piled everywhere. So, she set her phone down casually, without knowing that would be the last time she\u2019d see it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It probably ran out of battery and died. In the end, Scarlet was beat and too tired to look for it, so she went to bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was worried you would grow anxious because you couldn\u2019t reach me. I couldn\u2019t log into WhatsApp on my laptop, so I emailed you. I even left you a message on Instagram. Did you not see them?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William watched them coldly from the side. The explanation she gave Lucy was far more detailed than anything she had offered him. She had even considered Lucy\u2019s feelings. The difference in how she treated them couldn\u2019t have been more obvious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William felt as though there was a wad of cotton stuck in his chest. \u201cDid it not occur to you that I\u2019d be worried as well?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet glanced at him while holding Lucy. The look on her face clearly said, \u201cYou? Worried about me? Yeah, right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His chest started to ache again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 66\u00a0<\/p>\n
2121\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucy\u2019s fear and anxiety boiled down to a single word. \u201cDamn!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who would have thought this was the reason?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d just gotten to the office this morning, and I didn\u2019t even have time to check my email. My Instagram account was compromised ages ago. I can\u2019t log in anymore,\u201d Lucy said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet asked, \u201cWhen you couldn\u2019t find me, why didn\u2019t you come here? I told you I was getting ready to move back here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In hindsight, this entire incident had been fueled largely by Lucy herself. For a split second, she felt guilty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all my fault!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course it\u2019s not. It\u2019s my fault.\u201d Knowing she was in the wrong and noticing she was so anxious she\u2019d cried, Scarlet owned up to it right away. \u201cYou came at the perfect time. Help me look for my phone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucy fumed. \u201cWhen I find it, I\u2019m smashing it to pieces!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, alright, you can do whatever you want with it.\u201d Right after saying that, Scarlet looked at the man who had tagged along with Lucy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William noticed Ian was present then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ian greeted him politely first. \u201cMr. Cooper.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, he turned to Scarlet and introduced himself. \u201cI\u2019m Ian.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, so you\u2019re Lucy\u2019s boss!\u201d Realization dawned on Scarlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes she talk about me a lot?\u201d Ian asked. \u201cWhat did she tell you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0you really come knocking on my door this early in the morning just to ask that?\u201d\u00a0 Moving was a real […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13581,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions\/13581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}