Chapter 7

• Astra quickly changed the direction of the car to Nicholas’ home, the home that was once hers. Not the time to think of that, Astra, she scolds herself.
• "This had better be some serious emergency," she mutters. With the speed at which she was going, she’d definitely get pulled over. Luckily for her, there were no police around. Astra prayed in her heart that Nicholas was okay. She shouldn’t have cared. She should have been doing quite the opposite. But deep down, she knew no matter what, she’d always care for Nicholas. His voice over the phone sounded hurried, frightened even, and before she knew it, she had sprinted out of the coffee shop without giving any explanation whatsoever to Jared.
• What was she to say? "Sorry Jared, Nicholas needs me. You know Nicholas, don’t you? Yes, the same man you met in my home a week back that harassed you. In all honesty, my ex-husband that threw me out into the rain five years ago, ah yes, that’s the one. "Jared would have looked at her as a stupid woman, and in all honesty, she did feel stupid. She should have ignored his call, but instead she picked it up hurriedly. Part of her was trying to be convincing that the only reason she cared was that he was currently her "boss" and if she didn’t do as he pleased, she could lose her job. But she knew damn well that wasn’t the reason.