Chapter 31 - “In other words, you slept with her,”

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J A V I E R  S U M M E R S

Javier woke up with a painful backache. The couch was too small for his large body but still, he persevered throughout the night, knowing that Ella was safe and sound in her bedroom only a few meters away from him. After stretching his tired body, he rose to his feet and went into the bathroom. In less than half an hour, he was already showered and was wearing one big towel around his waist when he realized that he needed his new change of clothes and most of his clothes were already inside the suitcase in his car in the basement. He had left about five pairs of clothing in the cupboard but the tricky part was that the cupboard was located inside the bedroom.

Thus, in the end, he had no other choice but to wait until Ella woke up before he