Kapitel 50: Chapter 50: Millan?

Mila took a deep breath and then answered the phone. “Isla, you’re on speaker, but I’m alone in the bathroom.”

Isla made a sound between a choke and a shout.

“Are you hiding from Landon?” Isla asked.

Mila frowned. Isla seemed tense. Landon wasn’t a monster. She just wanted to be alone.

“Ugh, wifey, no. Well, not really. He asked me out. And I don’t know how I feel about it.”

On a whim, Mila added her favourite bubble bath to the tub. She looked at herself in the mirror and washed her face. A glance at her phone confirmed Isla was still connected.

“Did he ask you out randomly?”

Mila rinsed her face off and patted it dry with a towel. “I want to say yes, but he has been hinting since you left.”

“And you didn’t think to tell me?”

“Babe, I just figured it out now. He’s been talking about this girl who he likes at work. I thought I had a lot of similarities with her, but that’s it.”

Isla giggled. “You sweet little thing. What did he do?”