Chapter 1575


    Treating him like he was just some random guy, huh?


    Makes sense, though. ric''s reputation precedes him - a notorious yboy, his exploits are the talk of the town. Which self-respecting woman


    wouldn''t keep her distance?


    Especially given their...plicated history. She was right to worry he might lump her in with the kind of women he could easily flirt with


    But ric’s earnest apology caught her off guard


    Seeing him looking so guilty, so sincere in his apology, the anger that had filled her seemed to dete. Suddenly, she felt like maybe she''d been


    making a mountain out of a molehill.


    She let out a sigh, softening her tone, "You should leave; I need to rest.”


    "I was trying to exin about me and Georgia..." ric started, eager to rify that marriage was off the table for him and Georgia, that even as an


    average Joe, he wouldn''t tie the knot with her.


    But she cut him off, "Didn''t you just say you wouldn''t bother me? Were you lying?"


    She didn''t want to hear anything about him and Georgia.


    Just the mention of their names together brought back memories of that night three years ago, of them sharing a bed, of what they''d dene.


    Those memories were like a thorn in her heart, painful at the slightest touch, so she avoided it at all costs


    "No," ric halted, quickly trying to reassure her.


    With a downward nce of his longshes, ric said, "Get some rest. I''ll head back now. If anythinges up, call me. I''ll be right over.”


    He lived just across the street, making it easy for him toe over anytime.


    "I got it, now please, just go," she urged him out.


    Without another word, ric left.


    The moment the door closed behind him, her tense body suddenly rxed, her heart racing as if it might stop


    She had genuinely feared ric had figured out she had secretly had his child.


    But ric, being the unconventional


    thinker that he is, didn''t go there.


    Instead; he thought her love for -


    cartoon motifs at her age meant she


    wag just young at heart, hence the


    yful decor.


    -


    All in all, it was a relief he hadn''t discovered the existence of the kids.


    Leaning against the door from the inside, she took a deep breath


    Cutside, ric stood by the closed door, feeling, despite theck of admission, that she still cared about him.


    Why else would she care so much about what he thought of her?


    Plus, it had been three years, and she was still single, with no boyfriend in sight


    That had to mean she still harbored feelings for him, right?


    As long as she was single, he believed there was still a chance for him


    With that thought, ric’s long-clouded mood brightened significantly, a smile spreading across his face.


    Back in his-apartment, he grabbed .


    his phone to call Ethan, "Ethan, \urich


    is onme tomorrow. Pick whatever


    you “fancy.”


    =


    Lucky for ric, Ethan had arranged for him to live in this neighborhood, right next door, no less.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    Ethan was his guardian angel!


    The fact that Ethan had arranged for


    him to live next door was a perfect


    coingidence, but indeed, Fthanthad


    dane him a huge favor. Content


    Selongs to  =


    "What''s up, struck gold?" Ethan teased over the phone.