Chapter 16.2 - Chen

After an hour of searching, I gave up and decided to return to my flat in enormous thudding steps, street after street. I couldn't get him out of my head, especially after what happened in my bed. While thinking about what's been going on between us lately, I shook my head. I couldn't figure out why he let me kiss him without retaliation, or why I kept kissing him—even more frequently than before. Was there something I'm overlooking? I gasped and hid behind the tree when I turned my head to the right side of the street. I noticed Alex texting in front of the enormous mansion. My chest throbbed uncontrollably. What is he doing in front of the mansion? He stood in front of a 460-square-meter L-shaped house that appeared to be a modern structure painted white and once owned by a wealthy family. Any passer-by could see the gleam of their belongings via a large tinted glass window spanning the entire left half of the house, most likely from an office. The walls througho