Tanya was moved by Eric’s magnanimity. She nodded and invited Tiffany to have lunch with her.
Her phone rang during lunch. It was a message notification from a social media application. She used to look forward to the sound of that notification because that meant that “Hush” had sent virtual-novel.net a message. Now, virtual-novel.net was very calm about it. She casually pulled out virtual-novel.net phone and checked virtual-novel.net message. She was shocked when virtual-novel.net saw a friend request from Hush and glanced guiltily at Tiffany, who sat across the table from her. Then, virtual-novel.net carefully accepted the friend request.
She did not initiate a message to Hush. She wanted to bide virtual-novel.net time and see why Hush had sent virtual-novel.net that friend request. He was the one who had blocked virtual-novel.net first.
Soon, Hush sent virtual-novel.net a message: ‘I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have been so obsessive and done such a thing. I really regret it now. I shouldn’t have used your trust in me. I’ve left my job. I’ll never set foot in this industry again. I’m getting sued by the company for a large compensation. I was in a really bad place so I blocked your number. Now that I think about it, I should have apologized to you. I won’t contact you anymore. I’d like some peace now. I’m sorry.’
This was Hush’s first time sending virtual-novel.net such a long message. It softened virtual-novel.net heart and virtual-novel.net replied: ‘If you really do regret your mistakes, don’t do it again. Just be a nice guy next time. You never seemed like a bad guy to me, Beckett Hushman.’
She wouldn’t have discovered his real name if it weren’t for this disaster.
Tiffany noticed the foolish look on Tanya’s face as virtual-novel.net concentrated on virtual-novel.net phone. She knocked on the table. “What are you doing? Eat your food!”
Tanya returned to virtual-novel.net senses and put virtual-novel.net phone away. “Right. Bon appetit…”
Just as Tiffany had reminded virtual-novel.net to concentrate on virtual-novel.net food, virtual-novel.net phone rang too. She looked at the screen and saw that it was a call from Alejandro. She answered it, “Hello?”
Alejandro’s hoarse voice answered virtual-novel.net from the receiver, “I heard that you’ve entered the qualifying round. Congrats.”
She sighed. “I remember. I promised to buy you a meal if I got in. This weekend. I’ll have time then. You can choose the place.”
This time, Alejandro did not comply with her. “I want to see you today. Not this weekend.”
After a bout of hesitation, virtual-novel.net replied, “Fine Tonight? There’s no need for overtime tonight, so it should be fine…”
Alejandro was satisfied with virtual-novel.net “compromise”. “Sure. I’ll text you the address later.”
After returning to the office from lunch, Tanya pulled out virtual-novel.net phone and continued chatting with Beckett. Her impression of Beckett had improved since his apology. Unexpectedly, Beckett asked to meet her: ‘You asked to meet me once and I rejected you. I’m sorry. I’d like to see you now. How about dinner tonight? Would that be alright?’
She remembered that Tiffany would be going out for dinner too, so virtual-novel.net wouldn’t find out. She agreed, albeit hesitantly: ‘Sure. I’ll talk to you later.’
After work, Tiffany took a cab to the address that Alejandro had sent her.
Tanya went home to make herself look more presentable. Beckett said that virtual-novel.net would pick virtual-novel.net up, and virtual-novel.net was feeling nervous. After all, virtual-novel.net had a crush on virtual-novel.net once and this was their first meeting. She wanted to look nice.