Chapter 19
As the window slowly rolled down, Leonardo’s devastatingly handsome face appeared before her. His expression was cool as ever, but his sharp eyebrows carried a hint of exhaustion. His eyes were able dry, like he had just woken up from a nap
“Yeah Samantha couldn’t be bothered to explain. Whatever she had gone through tonight, Leonardo probably wouldn’t understand
“Why is everyone else off before you?
“You’ve been here this whole time? How do you know that indead of answering, she threw a question
She was gerainerly curious. What were the odds of running into him in the middle of the night?
Ledo fell spent for a moment before replying, “I was pairingly and happenedir seeyou!
“Just passing by” and “happened to
Samantha mulled over his excuse
“Bal–convenient choices of words.
fly, but there was no way he had been out here all night just waiting for her That sounded like something out of move
Thad to work late,” she explained
“They actually make you stay late?”
“And your company don’t?”
Leonardo fell silem. He realized she had a sharp bangue. Not in the mood to argue, he just added toward the seat. “Get in.”
“thanks. It’s easier if I just call a cb”
“get in ” He repeated himself, this time with a sharper tone, baving no room for argument.
Samantha parsedher lips. There was no point in resisting, when dealing with someone this overheating. She got in the car without a fuss.
She meated it like any other cab ride. The first thing the did was give the driver, dacy, her address to make sure she would actually get home,
The car look, gliding down the empty streetL
Silence filled the space between them. Out of the corner of her eye, Samantha noticed something unusual. Leonardo’s unit, always crisp, had a few cars. As she glanced up, she accidentally met his pane.
Leaded, “What are you looking at?”
After being quiet loc a moment, Leonardo askedagain, “Dill give you that bestnessed for nothing“”
“Hm?” Samantha had no idea what he was getting at. Honestly, that card had been buried somewhere in her stuff, she might even have to dig around to find it.
“Why didn’t you text me?”
“Oh I forgot. I have been really busy recently.” Samantha couldn’t come up with a better exce, the stuck with that one.
She didn’t understand why someone like Leonardo cared so much about whether she texted him or not. Was this some rich guy’s chestian with expanding his contact he?
Bandom thoughts flickered through her mind, but before she could make sense of it, his phone screen appeared right in front of her.
Samantha was taken aback. At this point, there was no backing out. If she refused, she had a feeling he might actually kick hat out of the car,
And it wouldn’t be the pull–over–and–sp–out kind of way, but the high–speed–ejection kind of or
That seemed like something he would do.
For the sake of survival, she pulled out her phone scanned the Qft code, and sent a message on Whatsapp seconds later, she received a reply,
Sue stared at the new contact labfied “Leo” is het hat, lost in thought..
She had always brand that getting a powerful man’s contact indo was nearly imposstale. People had toga to great lengths, and even then, their effects often amounted to nothing.
Yet bele she was, adding one of the country’s top ligunes with nothing more than a quick scan. Curious, she tapped into his profile, wondering if he had a status update on any visible inta
Jill shae saw was a blank screen. Licher he had immer boiled to set anything, or he had cracked what she couldsen. Who knew?
Son, the car pulled up to her destitution she get out of the car the moment in an opped.
With that, dhe let
She didn’t wait for a tespaine, walking i sout knowing if he had even ald, “You’re welcome
Leonardo watched her disappear into the night, his eyes darkening was as if he hadbeen expecting something, only to end up disappointed.
Gary glance at Leonardo though the tearview mitrin, thegapikkly linked away.
Krosando had a temdying expres. What balled him was that end had wahedound the club a bouts without ever stepping inside.
Everyone knew how valuable his time was, yet he had wasted it here. If people heard about this, they would think he was making it up.
Of course, he wouldn’t even dare to spreadin
Samantha noticed that despite Lean’s distence on having her number, he had been completely silent ever since making it onto her contact list.
It was as if he were just then, doing nothing, Still, il subedila mual cold and distant persona.
Before long, the new geniester started. To make in eader to work part–time, Samantha had applied to the off–campus, saving hersell a few thousand dollars in accommodation fees per
between classes and work, she barely used path with Layla When she did, one of them was ally sleep
Chapter 10
When the weekendfinally arrived, Samantha had no classes and wouldn’t be working until evening. She was looking forward to sleeping in. However, Layla shook her awala at 10.00am
With half – lidded eyes, Samantha blinked up at her in confusion. “Layla, can’t I sleep just a little longer?“))
“Ugh please..”
She whined and tried to pull the blanket back over her head, but Layla dodged effortlessly. “If I didn’t think you needed the rest, I would have woken you up at 8:00 am.”
“So, what are we going to date?”
“We’re moving.”
Layla had already started packing, porting the stuff in her coom into the boxes.
Samantha watched for a moment before realizing something was off. “Layla, that’s my stuff.”
“I know,” Layla replied without hesitation.” found a nice two–bedroom apartment. We’re moving in together.”
“What about this place?*|
“Just terminate the lease,” Lyla answered simply.
“But didn’t you tell the landlord you were staying?”
That was just a way to get him to fix the water heater. Same way he tricks you, tricked him. No big deal the heater barely works, the toilet leaks, and the walls are preling.
“Don’t even get me started on the streetlights Half of them don’t work. Do you even realize how unsafe it is for you to come home so late?”
Layla continued, “Just listen to me and move with me. I already signed the lease, and t’il cover the rent.”
“Dar you don’t even have a job yet.”
*I do now. I got the job a few days ago, and i just hadn’t had the chance to tell you. I’m in real estate sales–3,000 base salary plus commission. With my skills, making money is going to be
Layla made it sound easy, but Samantha low better. Finding a decent job without a degree was brutal, especially in a city as competitive as this one
She knew Layla’s story well Forced to leave school after middle school because her family couldn’t afford it, she had spent years working hard to support her younger brother. Only Layla herself knew ju how much she had been through
