Chapter 66. Get the Girl

When Alexander woke up, he could barely feel the headache anymore. The pounding had completely ceased, but when he looked around, Dave was nowhere in sight.

Alexander frowned in suspicion, rising from his bed and making his way downstairs.

Bethany was humming to herself, fingers clacking against her phone’s screen. He knew what needed to be done.

“Babe,” she waved him over. “I got so many things.”

She fished out the card, presenting it to him. “Keep it properly. If I hold onto it, I might lose it, and shopping would cease.”

Alexander only watched her in a daze. How had he fallen for her? How was this the life he craved?

“Do I have something on my face?” she was growing uncomfortable with his unwavering stare.

“I was ill,” he stared, watching her reaction.

“Yeah. And? You’ve treated it right? Hope it isn’t contagious?”