Chapter 23 "Have you arrived? If you have, just wait fora bit-I'm stuck in traffic." As usual, Leo called right on tfor dinner.
"Um, Leo, I'm sorry, but I can't make it tonight-something cup." "I sent you a text this morning, but I assumed you were busy and missed it." The was a long, heavy silence on the other end of the line.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I can wait for you," he said at last.
Hearing him say he'd wait nearly made my jaw drop in disbelief.
For three long years, it had always beenwaiting for him.
Waiting for him to finish with Aria, to have dinner, to sleep-waiting for him to have a moment for us.
He never waited for me.
It was astonishing, almost surreal, to be on the receiving end for once.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmАр "No, no, you must be exhausted from your trip. Just go home." "Elizabeth! You-" His voice was tight with frustration.
At that moment, the car cto a halt, and Rolin gestured that we had arrived.
"Let's leave it at that. I'm hanging up now."
Lea I quickly ended the call, turning out whatever else Leo was trying to say. Theldon
As I stepped out of the car, I was momentarily stunned by the sight el before me.
Rolin had broughtto the place where it all began my undergraduate campus. After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted V.5% Chapter 24