r outside than wh

By the time Andy reached her door, she felt like her body was no longer h

n across the hall wa

-that he would walk past her door with a grin, knocking twice on the wooden panel wit

imply return to

lutely not

et there was nothing

the landlord multiple times,

ut on the kettle and sent a messag

y and was still on the subway, replied, [

, [H

Charlie's behavior tonight after

e he was afraid you'd be cold? And then, being too em

a change of clothes when she saw the messa

a,

is that not

there to resol

aid I'd catch a cold and try

, [.

he just ask someone e

is cold, that's not

a,

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er phone and went

er makeup, she stared at h

nfamiliar brows and eyes

entmindedly tossed the used

d Charlie. So now, she couldn't tell whether he was pretend

a coi

y to guess. Only luck co

she knew of him, b

irely pl

ually turned on her laptop and wo

t in, she crawled into bed

more messages, [Anything is possible. Even if it isn't

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n attached

moment. [He's sti

, [.

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t of anything else. I'l

ng to sleep no

ing she felt noth

ink there was muc

to a long conversation, and she

hone aside and t

d, she sle

ulness, tangled in strange visions. Every time she felt like she

door slamming his p

f her head, her entire bod

m and composed, always handling things without panic.

e needed a

er, that

orning cr

n up made he

ke this, when she was ju

g that, like usual, the guy would

sessed. The knocking continued relent

o me a favor-my toilet's broken..

got up, grabbed her camera, adjusted t

and dialed 911, calmly repor

remained of her sleepin

midnight, with a drunk m

she should

all she felt was a

energy le

e time the police arrived, the man h

and requested to settle the

g the cops, she had no intention of settling amic

ce of the knocking, accompanied by the man's slur

s knocked o

opened it, his tone impati

rt, exposing a fierce-looking tiger tattoo on his muscular

rs said. "You were accused of harassing y

assm

nds, then pretended to be dazed,

... maybe I knocked on the wrong door b

u 'knocked on the wrong door' while also demanding to take a shower

pts to explain, but quickly gave u

rk and heavy, locking onto Andy

, arms crossed, staring back at

cold, devoid

nyth

ke she was st

police

plained the situation over the past few days. However, this incident didn't cause her any fi

undred dollars and given a one-week d

er policeman kindly reminded her n

issue but other safe

rental house, and the New York City government had started paying atten

ed and th

eft, the sky had

ent back to

osition at the city's television station, working on t

ting on news from the city and surrounding towns. The main theme wa

ion to, and she vaguely thought about whether to repo

on inside, but n

mood for much, not even breakfast. But she couldn't sleep, so she

day passed

hesitate as if he wanted to say something. In the end, he could

that her grumpiness ha

, she made the rare decision not to stay

e her feel like sharp ice bla

distance, Andy receive

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y,

ally am abo

bracelet i

from my idol! I bar

d you not

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morning at work. I thought it was at home,

ink I left it a

after work? It's too far for

, "O

n't worry

she finally raised her foot. Fortunately, it wasn't far from

r way to "O

by a rock band, and the music was so loud it numbed her ears. The bar was di

roached

ender with the yello

his attent

"Good evening, miss.

t, "I lost a bracelet when I came here with a fr

nize her immediately, nodding

nk y

opened another drawer and rummaged through it. His movements suddenly stop

k" came over. "Hey. B

looke

m as the server who had spill

I thought the bracelet was in

nly remembered. "Oh, right. When Brother Charlie came d

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ble to believe what s

, "Brother Ch

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d it clearly, and sh

his, so blatantly taking a cust

ked puzzled, "How could Brother Charlie tak

clueless, "I

silence

items are generally handled by the boss here. Maybe you could

uring she could come back tomorrow to pick i

anded her a business ca

mber, handing it back. "Please help me look for

eone suddenly snatched the b

d around i

pping her. He was tall and handsome, with his head sl

s gaze m

the mixed smell of tobacco and sandalwood, the man's ex

trange-looked as though

n in

half-smile as he said

back, not unders

ard back at her and stood up straight,

y here just to leave