Chapter 58

"Alice? I missed you. I hid long enough on the balcony of the apartment to be able to meet you," said Mate with a breathless breath.

"What? Hiding on the balcony?" My response was surprise.

"Yes, since the wedding, I decided to hide there to wait for the right time so that I could meet you. And as it turns out, I didn't expect to have that time now. " Hi, Alice, I'm back after months of living in the ocean that almost cost me my life," he said.

I could only be speechless and stunned after hearing everything Mate said.

"But, how can you do all that? I mean, wait, mate! How did you get back after so many years at sea? In fact, I thought you already were..."

"Leaving?" asked the man who cut me off.

I fell silent and looked at Mate with an unblinking gaze. Seeing Mate standing in front of me for the second time after losing him for months, even though I already thought that he was dead,