Chapter 144 : Goodbye

Jarred

"I told you not—", Tiffany follows him inside and pauses as she spots me with the same horror in her eyes.

What the hell is happening?

"Jarred!" I exclaim.

He looks away, being a bit hesitant.

"You— you know him?" Thea stutters from behind.

"Yeah", I don't look back at her and keep my eyes on Jarred. "I thought you were gone. But you're here?"

I don't know how to ask this question but I can't understand his business here.

"The thing is—" Jarred proceeds to say.

"He was my batch mate. From university", Thea cuts him off.

"Oh! I didn't know", I say.

There's a moment of awkward silence which might depict a bunch of questions and confusion.

"I think you guys were in an important conversation. Sorry to interrupt", Jarred says before turning around.

"Wait! Wait!" Thea clamours at the top of her lungs and I look back. She's literally sweating with a nervous smile on her face. "We're not in a serious conversation. Mr Scott was here to ask how I'm doing"

I pass her a blank look. "