Chapter 9: Liar

Sandra's phone rang and immediately excused herself after dropping the bomb to Sebastian, which made the latter felt quite relieved that he has time to calm himself and think of ways to avoid the topic.

"Ride or die is yours?" Jamaica suddenly quiried that made Sebastian jumped a little from his seat.

He was too engrossed of breathing in and out, he forgot that he was not alone in the table after Sandra left for awhile to take the call outside. Instantaneously, his face became tomato out of shame. He couldn't even take a look on her.

Jamaica though, just watched him with her usual blank expression and quickly asked a follow up question. "You're Phoenix, right?" she protruded. It was too damn straight to the point, that it felt like a hammer hit him straight in the face without giving him any warning signals. No sugarcoating, no going around the bushes. It was their first interaction, but somehow, she didn't seem hesitant to ask for confirmation of who he was. Unlike Sandra, whom did