Chương 56: Healing (3)

When the elevator doors opened, Vera stepped out only to find herself in front of Neven. Well, maybe he wasn't waiting for her.

He was sitting on a sofa, focused on his phone.

«Hey,» she said, and his attention moved to her for good.

«Finally. I was starting to think you would never break free. Is your colleague always like that?»

Vera shrugged. Sara could be even worse. Because of Neven's handsome appearance, she had held back her tongue for once.

«I'm actually surprised she didn't tell me I'm a whore out loud,» she said. «But everyone has their own character.»

Why was it so easy to talk with him, to tell him what bugged her? They had slept together once. That was all... There was nothing between them.

During the first night they spent together, they hadn't even exchanged so many words!

But in the daylight, everything was different. He felt more real, and she needed to vent.