Chapter 56

Leo whooshed out a breath, his hand curling and uncurling around his sterling. Leo was in Paige's neighborhood. His Maybach S600 was parked a little further down the street from Paige’s apartment.

The color of his car blended in with the night. His windows reflected off light from the street lamps and occasionally from passing vehicles.

"You can do this," Leo muttered to himself for the second time that evening. Pulling down the mirror in his car, he checked his tongue and then ran his hand across his hair. He was going to ask Paige out this evening, that was why he was so nervous.

He had fixed his appearance thrice since he arrived here.

Stepping out of his car, Leo inhaled deeply. Holding a bouquet of red tulips. Some younger girls who were hailing a taxi saw him. One of them pointed at his hand and then whispered to her friend. It was obvious they were gossiping about him, but Leo didn't care, as he walked purposefully toward Paige's apartment.

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