Chapter 1681


    Chapter 1681 A Morning Text


    Soon enough, Aurora finished washing up and headed out after changing her clothes. Ian waited


    around in the living hall without turning the television on, but he scrolled through his phone on the


    couch.


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    Cindy tossed and turned in bed for a long while after he had left the room. She had the urge to punch


    herself—she was supposed to be afraid and alert when sharing the same bed with Ian, yet she had


    allowed herself to rx to a point where she rolled over and hugged him. I can’t believe Ian even found


    out about it! How am I supposed to face him from now on?


    After lying in bed for a while longer, she decided that it was gettingte. She got up to listen to the


    noises outside the room, but she realized that it waspletely silent in the hall. Even the television


    wasn’t turned on. Did Ian and Aurora go out already? Finally, Cindy gathered the courage to open the


    door.


    When she saw the person sitting in the hall, she jolted in surprise. Ian was sitting on the couch and in a


    spot directly facing his room. He raised his head to stare at her the moment she opened the door. Both


    of them exchanged nces, but she couldn’t register his reaction as she was too shocked. All she


    knew was that she had shuddered for a moment before an awkward look spread across her face.


    “You’re awake,” he stated with a smile.


    “Mhmm.” Cindy quickly looked around the living room. “Where’s Aurora? Is she still asleep?” Cindy


    thought that she had heard Aurora’s voice when she was in the room earlier.


    “She went out to buy breakfast,” Ian replied with his gaze still fixed on Cindy. She tried her best to


    control her expression as she nodded and walked to the washroom. He continued staring at her, and


    he only looked away once she shut the door behind her. With his lips curled into a smirk, he ced his


    phone in his palm and flipped it. She looked as if she saw a ghost when she came out and saw me.


    That’s hrious! Heughed to himself.


    As Cindy cleaned herself up in the washroom, Ian stepped into the room with the intention of tidying the


    bed a little. However, he realized that the bed had been made when he went in. He turned around to


    step out of the room when he heard the sound of a phone vibrating. It was Cindy’s phone—she had left


    it by the side of the bed.


    He lowered his gaze and nced at the phone for a while. In the end, he decided to walk over and look


    at her notifications on the screen. Just like thest time, he could read her messages without having to


    unlock her phone. This time, it was also a WhatsApp message from Peter. Peter was asking Cindy if


    she was free. He had typed a longer message after that, but the notification had a word limit that didn’t


    show Ian the full message.


    After thinking about it for a while, Ian left Cindy’s phone in its spot before he walked out of the room.


    When Cindy was done washing up, Aurora returned home. Cindy hastily headed to the room to pick


    her phone up, and she saw Peter’s message right away. ‘Are you free now? I’d like to meet up with you


    right now,’ the text said. Peter even mentioned that he was already waiting for her downstairs.


    When Cindy checked the timestamp, she realized that Peter had only sent the text a while ago. She


    immediately responded to exin that she had just woken up. Within seconds, Peter responded with


    another text that said he would wait for her downstairs. Since that was the case, Cindy would have to


    skip breakfast to meet him.


    She got herself ready before she went out of the room to inform Aurora and Ian of her ns. “I’m


    heading downstairs for a while, but I’ll be back really soon. You guys can eat without waiting for me,”


    she uttered.


    Ian didn’t need an exnation to know what was going on—he was certain that she was going down to


    meet Peter. Ian had been about to sit down by the dining table, but he stood upright after he heard


    what Cindy said. “I’ll go down with you,” he offered.


    She quickly waved him off. “It’s fine, I can go on my own. I’ll be back in a short while.”


    Ian knitted his brows, but Cindy couldn’t be bothered at that point. She headed out the door right after


    she wore her shoes. Aurora had no idea what was going on, so she turned to look at Ian. “What’s the


    rush? Did something happen?”


    He pressed his lips into a thin line and remained silent for a long while before he spoke to his mother.


    “I’ll go down for a while,” he muttered.


    Meanwhile, Cindy hurried downstairs to the gazebo by the side of their building. The gazebo wasn’t far


    from their unit, and Peter was waiting for her there. He was wearing a different set of clothes—he was


    no longer dressed in the sports outfit that Cindy usually saw him in.