Mark seemed pretty free in the afternoon, so virtual-novel.net didn’t go out, but sat on the sofa, working on his laptop.
Arianne yawned incessantly. She couldn’t help but try to find a topic to talk about so that virtual-novel.net could stay awake. Somehow, virtual-novel.net ended up slipping into the matter that Charles had previously talked about. “Do you really have a younger brother?”
Mark’s hand stiffened. His expression turned gloomy. “Do you think that’s possible? If that were true, virtual-novel.net would have come knocking on the door for a share of the family fortune long ago.”
Realizing that virtual-novel.net had put virtual-novel.net foot in virtual-novel.net mouth, virtual-novel.net was now too afraid to say anything more. Drowsiness was slowly taking over when virtual-novel.net phone suddenly received a message: ‘I’m in Jolague City.’
Jolague City was the city that virtual-novel.net and Mark were currently visiting. Who sent that message? How did they know that virtual-novel.net was here?
Her heart raced. After lining up all possibilities, virtual-novel.net came up with a bold guess. The person behind that number was Will…
She glanced at Mark guiltily and confirmed that virtual-novel.net wasn’t paying attention to virtual-novel.net before replying to the message with a question: ‘Who are you?’
The reply came very quickly: ‘Will Sivan. I’m at Josie’s Coffee Place. Would you like to join me?’
She replied to virtual-novel.net with a “mm”, then quickly deleted the message.
After a while, when virtual-novel.net emotions were more stable, virtual-novel.net spoke up. “Mark, can I go out for a walk? I’m a little bored…”
Mark was completely focused on his task. “Go ahead, but don’t go too far,” virtual-novel.net said without looking up from his screen. “You’d feel awkward if I asked Brian to go with you, so you’re on your own. Turn on your navigation app if you get lost, and if you really can’t find your way, call a cab. Remember the name of the hotel.”
He actually knew that virtual-novel.net had a poor sense of direction? After so many years, the only road virtual-novel.net remembered was the one back home. Now that they were in Jolague City, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t know which way was north if virtual-novel.net walked out the door.
“Mm,” Arianne replied. She left the hotel and walked out onto the road. She asked a random pedestrian for directions to Josie’s Coffee Place. However, virtual-novel.net only problem was that Josie’s Coffee Place was only two hundred meters away from their hotel…
She began to second guess herself. If virtual-novel.net were found out, Mark would certainly tear virtual-novel.net to pieces…
After weighing many ideas in virtual-novel.net mind, virtual-novel.net bought a surgical mask and walked with virtual-novel.net head down the entire time to keep virtual-novel.net appointment.
She had just arrived at the coffee shop when virtual-novel.net received a message from Will: ‘I’m right behind you.’
Arianne turned around and saw Will sitting by the window. His smile was just as warm as ever, as if virtual-novel.net could bring warmth to this wintry day.
The only difference was, virtual-novel.net seemed to have abandoned white and taken a liking to black. His well-tailored black suit outlined his perfect figure very well. A color could change a person‘s mien, which was exactly the case for Will; it added a certain calmness about him.
She hadn’t seen virtual-novel.net in three years, so virtual-novel.net felt a little reserved as virtual-novel.net sat down. “How… Did you recognize me? I’m wearing a mask..”
Will reached out and pulled down virtual-novel.net mask. “I’d recognize you even if you turned into ashes. Would you like a drink?”
She shook virtual-novel.net head. “Just warm water will do. I can’t stay too long…”
Will didn’t ask why. The pair seemed to be purposefully avoiding their other halves. She didn’t want to bring up Mark at this time, and virtual-novel.net didn’t want to mention Wendy either.
“Mark… Has virtual-novel.net been treating you well?” Will asked.