h's

couldn't even focus on my work at my part-time job. I mixed up the orders of several different customers and gave lattes to those who wanted cappuccino and cappuccino to those who wanted lattes. And thu

wn on my couch, or should I say, fell lik

cotton fabric of the pillow. I moved my

eo

the skin

eridith in my lap, cuddling on her

ew

and looked at me with her j

o cute Meridith?! I

couch. But apparently she didn't like this affectionate action towar

e jumped off of the couch and ran away, leaping to her favorite spot above th

y do you hate

nslation:- Cause you

in a loaf on her bed which I had placed there when

d rested my

a deep breath, finally

.. b

with a call, reminding me th

the thing I had been dreading the

button and put th

n at the other end

es

to ask if you were rea

gs, you know. I can come on my

n't Ben's fault but his crazy friend's

s, it was not an offer. It's an order. Get ready and just hop in the c

s. For your kind information, I do not t

azy? I see, so you've already forgotten what you did this morning. Alright, you don't have

said, "I'm coming. I'm coming. In the car, as you said. No need

ou're not even a second lat

e corner but soon felt guilty afterwards as it was not

so said that I would do anything he wanted and thus now I'm in t

rn for what I did to him. Well, to b

him, I had just received a curt reply, "You don

ds "dress like a proper civilized person" and I was so humiliated that I swear I was going to stran

s were no

they a l

't match each other even a little bit, but it was because I was almost freaking late for the council meeting. How would he know the wrath of

and unpredictable and smart

the couch, ready to just get it over with. Just a din

's

egs, you know. I can come on m

"Listen, Jenkins, it was not an offer. It's an order. Get re

your kind information, I do not take

completely caught

ker came fr

who was holding his hand to his

d he coughed before whisp

warning him to shut up before I actua

self before r

you did this morning. Alright, you don't have to obey me, stay at y

ar, as you said. No need to get so worked up, I was just kidding." Sh

second late." I hung up the call and went ah

is?" Ben asked, walkin

me that?" I grunted, completely tired

ly, what if some

wrong. So just shut up and stop eating my brain. Go

n't you think your father will get on bad terms with his own business partner if you

es," I agreed, "But I have it sort

obviously not aware of my gre

w, this dinner is not about planning an engagement with

e, huh? You fucking smartass. I've no doubt now that yo

I am," I ro

k your parents w

own hearing that question. "I m