Chapter 9

DENVER

Drake doesn’t know Anastasia, and he wouldn’t be stupid enough to make this kind of bloody mistake if he knew.

I just found out she is the intern student who is meant to be under me, and it’s as if the universe is coming to haunt me.

It’s as if everything I was trying to avoid is coming after me, and I can’t escape it.

Speaking of Anastasia, I think I made a bloody mistake pertaining to the very first time I was on the phone with her.

When she pleaded not to leave her, my heart melted like acid was poured on my entire chest, as if the clock stopped ticking. I badly wanted to say something to her, if at all anything, but not to keep her silent.

I had a few things to say, but my mind was on its own discussion, and I couldn’t utter a word to her. My heart wanted to explode like a volcano when I heard her cry. She must have felt really bad because she ended the call just as I was about to say something, I kept silent for too long and she might have gotten my silence wrongly.

And my