Chapter 81

Samantha anxiously grabbed the corner of Layla's shirt. "What time is it now?" "6:30 pm…" "Damn!" "What's wrong?" "Nothing…" Samantha rubbed her stomach, suddenly feeling a bit embarrassed. "Layla, I'm hungry." Layla let out a sigh of relief. "You scared me—I thought something serious had happened. Are you just hungry? Perfect. I'm starving too. I'll cook something for us." "Thank you, Layla!" "Why are you being so polite? I'll call you when it's ready." "Alright." As Layla headed into the kitchen, Samantha quickly pulled out her phone to check for any updates. It was completely silent. Leonardo's contact sat there in her chat list, untouched. There was not a single message from him, which was strange. Whenever he was upset, he would usually bombard her with messages. But now, there was complete silence. Had he blocked her again? She hesitantly typed, "Are you there?" No system notification popped up. The message just sat there in the chat. Did it go through? That mea