Chapter 24. A Sinful Deal

Ellie's POV

With a tumbler of alcohol in his hand, he reclines down next to me. Again? This early in the morning? Let it not be that he is planning on getting wasted like yesterday. I swear, I won't spare him a glance today. I will leave his wasted self to soak and die here alone. I swear!

"You are drinking again? This early?"

He shakes his glass, emitting a slight smirk. "Don't worry. It's just a glass to get rid of the hangover. No more for today,” he says, looking at me as if making a vow. “I promise. And I don't usually drink that much."

Yeah, right! The way you drowned those bottles, boy, I'm not dumb! Anyway, supposing I buy his lie, why then would he drink that much?

"Why, then, would you drink that much?" I query as he rests the empty glass on the table, shifting in the seat to face his bewitching face at me again.

"It was just one of those moments when you wish to forget everything. Everything."

He looks away. That