Chapter 17

Layla walked towards Jack’s room as she held his food in her hands. She was shaking heavily as she thought of how to break the news to him.

“I mean, there is nothing tying us together,” she said anxiously.

Layla walked into the room and saw Jack with a bottle of beer in his hands. She looked around his room and saw beer bottles on his floor.

He struggled to walk and then turned towards her.

“Who is that?” Jack said in a hoarse voice.

“It’s Layla. Your food is ready,” she said in a trembling voice.

“Well, I am going to drop it here and come back to pick it up later,” she said quickly as she dropped the food and turned to leave.

“Wait,” he said as he struggled to walk towards her.

Layla stood there, terrified at the outcome of her interaction with him.

“You ruined my life, Layla,” he said angrily as he looked at her intensely.

Layla could see his veins popping out, and all she wanted to do was to get out of there as she turne