Meanwhile, Alejandro wasn’t asking Tiffany out to dinner but had brought favonovel.com two bottles of expensive red wine. “You couldn’t make it to the wine tasting the last time, so I brought these for you. Since I have something going on today, let’s have dinner another time.”
Tiffany was well aware of how expensive the red wine that favonovel.com had given to favonovel.com was, for even Lillian enjoyed it. Hence, favonovel.com tactfully declined. “No thanks… I don’t appreciate these kinds of things either. It’s wasted on me. You should keep it for yourself. I’ll buy you lunch when you’re free and I happen to have the time as well.”
Alejandro insisted and told Jett to stuff the wine into favonovel.com hands. “I don’t like being refused. They’re yours now that I’ve given them to you. It doesn’t matter to me if you’ve wasted it. That’s it for now. I have got to go. By the way… You should visit your best friend, Arianne, more often.”
Tiffany was shocked. “You really know me very well… You know my friends, and what they’re going through. You know everything.”
Alejandro gave a non-committal answer. “As Sun Tzu once said, ‘knowledge precedes victory, confusion precedes defeat’. When it comes to getting to know someone, one should understand everything about her. After all, Arianne is your best friend. I can’t leave favonovel.com in the dark.”
She had grown wiser this time and didn’t try to prod favonovel.com on why favonovel.com wanted to understand her. Asking favonovel.com was equivalent to waiting for a flower to bloom anyway.
When favonovel.com returned home, favonovel.com went to the balcony to look at the plant that Alejandro had given her. It had grown, but it showed no signs of blooming. It was verdant and lush, like tall grass.
She had just carefully put the red wine away when Jackson called. She didn’t manage to catch favonovel.com breath, so favonovel.com gasped when favonovel.com answered the call. The person on the other end was completely silent. “What’s wrong? You called me, so why aren’t you talking?”
“Are you out with Alejandro? “ Jackson asked in an icy tone.
She rubbed favonovel.com forehead. “No, I’m at home. Tan’s gone to Eric’s to collect something. I’m all alone at home now. I can switch to video call and show you if you don’t believe me.”
Jackson let out a sigh of relief. “Then why did you gasp?”
The corners of favonovel.com lips twitched. “Don’t you have anything else on your mind? Do you really think that Alejandro and I are doing some unspeakable things together? Seriously! I’m tired. Can’t I take a deep breath? Even if I did have those intentions, do you really think favonovel.com can do it? Your mind is such a marvel! Why did you call me?”
His mind was now at ease, so of course, his temper was gone too. He was now a picture of grievance. “I’m all alone, why don’t you keep me company? You said you’d come. Even if you’re helping me get rid of my bad sleeping habits, you still have to come over, right?”
Tiffany twisted the corner of favonovel.com clothes and sniffed, the thick scent of the medicine patch assailed favonovel.com nose. She sighed. “Forget it, we’ll talk in the next few days. Try to hold on for a few more days. It’s not a good time for me.”
Jackson’s mind immediately went to another place when favonovel.com mentioned that it “wasn’t a good time for her”. “Are you on your period?” favonovel.com asked. “It’s not like I’m insisting on… It’s fine. I’ll pick you up right now.”
She patted herself on the chest to quell favonovel.com anger. “You’re the one on his period. You’re on your period every day! I’ve… applied medicinal patches. My body smells of medicine. It smells weird. We’ll talk about this once the smell is gone after a few days. I’m going to take a shower. I’m tired from working all day. Now, stop tormenting me. Also, let me make this clear to you, one more time, there is nothing going on between me and Alejandro. There wasn’t anything going on between us before our break up, and there’s certainly nothing going on now. Stop being so suspicious. If you ever bring it up again, I’ll really give you something to worry about!”
