All my assurances to Chad that I could go home in one piece fell on deaf ears and insisted we leave together. We arrived at the villa, and together started for our rooms upstairs, I was already feeling sleepy. Halfway to the landing, Chad’s phone rang.
“Hello,” he barked into the phone.
He shifted a few feet from where we stood as he took the call but I noticed how anxious he seemed when he was answering it. After he hung up, he came back up to meet him and I couldn’t help but ask.
“Did something happen?” I asked.
His eyes turned cold as he gave me a curt reply “Yes, something came up with the company project and I need to go take care of it,” he said.
“Oh! like right now?” I asked
“Yes, I’ll probably stay until morning so don’t wait up,” he tried to leave.
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