Chapter 78

“I was looking for you all over the world. You’re just here,” I said to the bartender at the counter and told the girl even from behind, I already knew her. “Is this where Ivan always takes you?”

“Not by Ivan... but by my longtime boyfriend.” She faced me and even offered me the glass she was holding, but I refused. Later there is a sleeping pill mixed in. “You, I didn’t expect you to be an empty bar now that you’re jobless.”

“For just a month.”

I just asked the bartender for water instead of alcohol. If Lucile is the only one I can drink with, nah… forget it. It would end up surely boring.

“I really would have to thank Jessica for directing me here. Finally, I found you.”

“Do you need something? Or just want to apologize again?”

“Is there something I need to apologize for?”

I shook the water in the glass. It’s like what arrogant CEOs do on TV. The only difference is that the wine in their wine glass is red wine, mine is just water.

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