“Morwenna, are you avoiding me?” Stuart’s deep and indifferent voice echoed through the room.


    Morwenna stopped in her tracks, tacitly admitting the truth.


    She could have made an excuse, but lying was never her strong suit. Her face was an open book. It


    was easier to own up to it.


    “Why are you hiding from me?” Stuart asked.


    Morwenna frowned, unsure of how to exin.


    To be blunt, she found Stuart irresistibly charming.


    In her eyes, Stuart was a decent man. Whether it was his asional gentleness or the times he


    hade to her aid, each gesture tempted her, not to mention his handsome looks.


    Several incidents involving Adide had cooled her slight infatuation, convincing her to see Stuart


    merely as a benefactor.


    But Stuart kept showing up, pulling her out of the bar and lending her money.


    It was getting hard for Morwenna to keep her feelings strictly tonic.


    Their rtionship wasplicated by Adide and further tangled by their mutual friend Norbert’s


    issues.


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    Morwenna feared that she might eventually fall for him if things continued this way, so avoidance


    seemed the only viable option.


    Her feelings for Stuart were the mostplex she had ever experienced in her twenty years.


    Morwenna''s silence made Stuart’s expression darken.


    Suddenly, a ringtone broke the silence in the room.


    It wasing from Stuart’s coat, Morwenna''s ringtone.


    Previously, Stuart had taken Morwenna''s phone, and she hadn’t dared to ask for it back.


    At that moment, she hurriedly said, “I... I’ll get that.”


    She ran over and began rummaging through Stuart’s coat for her phone.


    Stuart watched her fumble with his coat, a hint of amusement in his eyes.


    Avoiding eye contact with Stuart, Morwenna grabbed the phone without checking the caller ID and


    answered.


    A shrill, hysterical voice came through. “Morwenna, do you think you’ve won? Do you think Stuart


    will be yours by getting rid of me? Dream on!”


    Morwenna''s expression cooled. “Adide, what do you want?”


    She never felt she owed Adide anything. Despite Adide’s multiple attempts to hassle her,


    Morwenna had refrained from retaliating out of respect for Stuart.


    Hearing Morwenna speak, Stuart’s brow furrowed.


    Why would Adide be calling Morwenna?


    Adide was almost screeching on the phone. “Go to hell, you bitch. I even tried to kill myself to


    Stuart’s face! I cut my wrist! But he still forced me to leave the country, all because you manipted


    it behind the scenes, didn’t you?”


    Morwenna was shocked. She hadn’t known Adide had gone abroad.


    That night, a feverish Stuart had left her to find Adide.


    When Norbert fell ill the next day, Stuart took a long time to return.


    Morwenna had felt resentful then, thinking Stuart was with Adide, believing Adide was more


    important to Stuart than even Norbert. She thought Stuart’s previous derations of not loving


    anyone were lies and that he had a special ce for Adide.


    Little did she know Stuart had sent Adide abroad after her suicide attempt.


    It seemed Stuart didn’t care for Adide.


    The realization flooded Morwenna''s mind.


    As Adide kept ranting, Morwenna interrupted, “Adide, listen, no matter what you believe, no


    matter what decision Stuart makes, it doesn''t concern me. And please don’t call me again whatever


    you are going through. I don’t care. I care about Stuart, not you.”


    Adide seemed shocked by the retort.


    “Bitch! You’ll pay for this. I won’t let you get away with it!” Adide screamed like a madwoman.