2. "Amanda..!"
3. My eyes wander behind her to the suitcases stacked together on the floor.
4. "Uh?"
5. "Oh, hey girls I gotta go..."
6. "My landlord says the rats infestation is all cleared up..."
7. "...so I'm going back home."
8. "I thought it was cockroaches?"
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "Oh, right~ cockroaches. Same thing."
2. "Hahahaha..."
3. "Hahahaha..."
4. She smiles, but her cheeks flush slightly, knowing she's been caught in a lie.
5. I get the sense that she'd only been staying here in my absence to make a move on kir...
6. And now that I'm back, she knows she's missed her chance.
7. "Hahahaha..."
8. "I have to go now.. Hahahah.."
9. "Thanks for your hospitality."
10. "And I'm totally on board with what we talked about in the car."
11. "Umm..."
12. A few minutes later the door closes...
13. And we hear her car drive away, the noise fading into the distance until the only sounds are our heartbeats and ragged breathing.
14. I spin to face kir again.
15. "What did you guys talk about in the car?"
16. She's watching me with an intense expression.
17. "Huh?"
18. "She said she was totally on board with it..."
19. I try to jog her memory.
20. "Oh.."
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "Come on, we need to talk."
2. My belly churns with nerves.
3. Kir's entire mood has changed.
4. I think whatever she's going to tell me has something to do with her and her past with women.
5. I take a deep breath and prepare myself for the worst.
6. I might have told her just yesterday that I was with her and that no matter what I trusted her.
7. Now I want to swallow all those words and curl up in a ball with the hurt that is already threatening to overtake me.
8. "Take a breath, baby."
9. I'm sure she can see the hurt and worry written all over my face.
10. "Let's start with amanda..."
11. "After mina left, I had a short rebound fling with amanda."
12. My stomach drops to my toes as my worst suspicions are confirmed.
13. I fight to remain in control by reminding myself that it was in the past.
14. "I was destroyed after my divorce.."
15. "She was there and available."
16. "And I regret it now, but we messed around a couple of times."
17. I'm speechless and gutted and feel like crying.
1. "But we never had sex."
2. This news makes me feel marginally better but...
3. I've been jealous of amanda and her good looks and close relationship with kir from day one.
4. Now all my hunches are confirmed.
5. "What did she mean earlier?"
6. "What did you two talk about in the car that she was on board with?"
7. "I told her that I'm fucking crazy about you!"
8. "And while she's known for a long time that I'm not interested in her..."
9. "I let her know that I wouldn't tolerate anything getting in the way of you and I."
10. "Good employees are hard to find, but if she tried to interfere in any way..."
11. She leaves the rest unspoken.
12. Geez, she'd threatened to fire her if she made things difficult for me and her?
13. Her cryptic message..
14. And then she getting out of here today must mean that she accepts kir's relationship with me...
15. And has no intention of interfering.
16. "And now let's talk about aoi.."