Chapter 43


    Hanging up the phone, I lie on the bed as if I had lost my soul.


    My mind''s in a mess. Was that his girlfriend or wife? Am I the other woman?


    No, he denied itst time. So what exactly is my rtionship with him?


    Being the other woman is thest thing I would do. He assured me that he was single, so I felt like I


    wasn''t the other woman. But I guess I was wrong.


    I don''t want to be the other woman, so I refuse to see myself as one. But in others'' eyes, I am.


    I''ve been called a slut a lottely for no reason. I always thought they misunderstood me and


    wanted to belittle me, but now it seems like they were right.


    Sean gave me this job, and I thought he was just helping me as my ssmate. I never wondered


    why he would help a ssmate he hadn''t talked to in years. It''s my punishment that I may lose my


    job and fall out with Sean.


    Harrison kept a cool head when I was scolded. Maybe he feels the same way as the


    people who insult me.


    My phone keeps vibrating. When I see the caller ID, I almost burst out into tears.


    In the end, I decline the call and turn my phone off.


    I don''t want to think about anything now, nor do I want to care about Harrison. He doesn''t see me


    any different than the people I hate.


    In the middle of the night, I feel that the doorbell has been ringing all the time. Fortunately, my


    mother is too old to hear it. Otherwise, she would have been awakened.


    Through the peephole, I see Harrison standing at the door. My heart skips a beat. Why is he here?


    Shouldn''t he spend a wonderful night with that woman?


    I don''t say a word, and he doesn''t stop pressing the doorbell. I''m really worried he''s gonna wake up


    my mom.


    "What are you doing here?" I open the door a little.


    He doesn''t answer me. Instead, he squeezes through the door and pins me against the wall.


    In a panic, I ask, "Harrison, are you crazy?!"


    He scares me a little, both when he is a gentleman and when he asionally loses control and


    does something intimate to me.


    I''m scared I won''t be able to control my heart.


    "Why didn''t you answer my phone?" He asks in a deep voice.


    It can''t be denied that his voice is very pleasant. It''s hoarse, deep, and charming.


    But I still don''t like it when he confronts me. "No reason. I just didn''t want to."


    "I have a reason. You want to hear it?"


    I bite my lips and re at him, though I can''t see anything in the darkness. "Harrison, you clearly


    know how much I hate being the other woman. Why are you making me do thest thing I want to


    do?"


    I tell him the truth without weakness or fear. He knows me very well, so I don''t need to hide


    anything.


    I press both my hands against his chest and give him a hard push. When I see him hit the shoe


    rack, I feel incredibly good.


    But my pleasure didn''tst long. The sound woke my mom up. She turns on the light and asks what


    happened.


    "Mom, I hit the table." I exin.


    Mom reminds me to be careful and then turns off the light. I breathe a sigh of relief.


    "You lied to your mom?" Harrison walks up to me again.


    "Should I tell her you''re molesting me here?" I deliberately retort.


    I can''t stand the way he doesn''t care about anything, because I can''t stop myself from caring about


    him.


    Since he''s here, I want to see what he''s gonna do. Anyway, I''ll never believe a word from him. He''s


    living a double life, isn''t he?


    My reaction does not piss his off. He exins, "My friend answered my phone. I tried to call you and


    exin, but you turned your phone off."


    "I turn it off every night when I go to bed."


    "I thought something happened to you, so I came here. You''re not touched at all?"


    So he came here because he thought I was in trouble again.


    I''m no longer that cold, because his tone of grievance kind of softens me.


    But I''m not gonna forgive him that easily. "I called you because I never called you before and I had


    nothing to do. After that, I turned my phone off as usual."


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    "How did I not know you had this habit?" Harrison pretends to be surprised.


    My face turns red in an instant. Thank God he can''t see it in the darkness.


    I answer seriously, "I have to work tomorrow, so I can''t be disturbed."


    He suddenly hugs me and says in a tired voice, "I haven''t eaten anything since I got off the ne.


    I''m starving."


    "What? Where have you been?" His words sessfully attract my attention.


    Turns out he flew out today to sign a contract, and he came to see me before he had dinner. I don''t


    know why, but I actually feel sorry for him.


    I was gonna take him out to dinner, but he said it was toote and he wanted me to make him some


    instant noodles.


    Then, I sneak into the kitchen in the middle of the night and make instant noodles for him.


    The next day I woke up to the constant ringing of my rm clock. When I open my eyes, it''s already


    dawn. Holy sh*t, where is Harrison?


    I fell asleep while he was eating instant noodles yesterday. I don''t know what happened after that.


    Why did I wake up in my own bed? Is what happenedst night a dream?


    "Come here more often. I''ll be at home every day." My mom''s voice rings out.


    With a bad feeling, I rush out barefoot without changing my clothes.