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hen she fell, he scooted away and vanished, without attempting to see what happened to her or help her. I wanted to run after the car but I thought she needed my help more so I sto

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alking towards them. He politely excused h

looking utterly worried, st

continued to approach her. "She

e there been tests

cident," he said. "She's just a bit d

ould not forgive myself if something tragic would happen to her. I

as he led her to her room. "But please don't leave your da

m your exclusive ma

a nurse checking on her. And just like what Edmond told him, the nurse told them that L

Anika greeted them and the first thing she told them was the good news that Layla was safe. Then, he introduced Ambert

other rushed inside while he

door of Layla's room, hoping to catch a glimpse of her. But hearing her voice, bouncin

mily she wants to se

course, she would lov

. For a second there, he thought of embarrassing himself to his new acquaintance by really telling him that little incident. But no, you shouldn't humiliate yourself to a new friend if you wanted that friendship to continue and blossom. And Edmond, it seemed, would be a good

he had accomplished his mission in going here: to make sure that Layla was safe. "Nice knowi

wil

just talk to Layla on

ert started walking t

between them. He felt a bit cold while waiting for the elevator door to open, like someone had put some little ice cubes on his heart. Cold here meant sad. He felt like he was abandoned. Layla had abandoned him even before they could be togeth

corny person, he remembered a

ere he and his driver, Mike, ate their lunch. They wer

she asked when

ing lunch, finally,"

aid. "I don't know when the results of her tests

nice t

leave without

'd be happy to see

said. "Talking to her at the hospital will give her the opportunity to know you,

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deal if you've known each other for a long time and still, she refuses to go out with you. That means, she alread

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on whether she wanted to burst out laughin

told her a lot of bad t

. Beside, you don't have a bad thing in you. I love you and I li

have any

, she doesn't hav

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eally don't know much about her personal or past life. But I know that she h

men," he said. "No

es. If yes, don't y

s way to see me when she met an accident, so I wouldn't be surprised now if she's thinking that it's m

oo harsh on you

ity left in me with regards to Layla, pity is a man who h

a world

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then, lets have dinner together tonight so we could talk about

Ambert

irl you like. When you already have everything, sometimes, a litt

en she vanished from the other line. No person has everything, he thought. Ev

was not trying to give her just a slight injury. You couldn't do that with a car. If you want to hurt someone a little, you do that with a stick or a small rock, not with a car. You use a car to harm somebody, you're either trying to paralyze them or kill them. But why would someone try to seriously injure her or kill her? Did she rebuff someone harsher than what she did

e argued and brainstormed with himself. He would only know that if he decided to pursue her and know her, which would take a bit of a time, aside from the fact that it-pursuing her- remained far from his mind at that time. Once bitten, twice shy, that'

office, busied himself and temporarily disl

n restaurant just across his office building-to tal