?Scarlett could only let out a long sigh.


    This man, more and more daring to tease her every day. She couldn''t imagine what he would do when he came back.


    Several minutes passed, and Scarlett still did not budge from her seat. Her eyes were still glued to the now darkputer screen.


    "How could he casually say those vulgar words?" Scarlett mutters as Xander''s words dance through her mind, ''I want to consume you!!''


    Scarlett could feel her knees go weak. She couldn''t get up from her seat and could only sit where she was for a while, trying to calm her mind and heart.


    "Gosh!!" Scarlett sandwiches her cheeks with both hands to bring her senses back to normal.


    She wanted to stop imagining their first night. However, it isn''t easy.


    Shortly after...


    Scarlett was finally able to get into the bathroom. She took a cold shower to lower her body heat which for some reason rose from regr even though, at this time, the temperature in the room was quite freezing.


    After a while, Scarlett exited the bathroom wearing a long white gown. Shey down on the soft bed, trying to sleep.


    After a few minutes, she closed her eyes. Her mind was still filled with what Xander had said to her earlier.


    She couldn''t sleep at all. Her mind and eyes were awake!


    After a while, she decides to read a book instead to divert her mind from her sultry fantasy. She goes to Xander''s study to find a good book.


    Scarlett spent more minutes finding a good book to read, and once she saw the book, her eyes fell on the ck agenda at the end of the shelf that caught her eye.


    Out of curiosity, she took the agenda and was surprised to see that it had pictures between its pages; It was a photo of Xander and his college friends.


    She smiled at how handsome Xander looked in the photo but was taken aback when her eyes fell on the two men beside Xander. She recognized Rex and Tyler, but the three women smiling at the camera caught her eye in the picture — they looked like a couple.


    "Is Xander''s ex-fiancé one of the women in this photo?" She muttered. After ncing at the beautiful woman again, she ced the photo on the agenda and returned it to its ce.


    With hurried steps, she left the study room with difort feeling welling up in her heart.


    Scarlett thought that reading books would make her eyes tired and she could sleep, but right now, it wasn''t just her eyes that were troubled, but her mind also began to insult her.


    pαndα,noν?1,сoМ She closed the book in her hands and threw it on the bedside table. Then shey down on the bed again — she buried herself under the nket.


    Countless strange questions tortured Scarlett''s mind and kept her even more awake. She tried to shut her mind harder. She turned off all the lights in the room until there was no more light. Not even from the bright moonlight outside.


    Even though Scarlett had made her body asfortable as possible under the nket, her sleepiness was only wishful thinking.


    In the dark room, Scarlett could hear herself taking deep breaths.


    Later...


    Scarlett stood up and turned on the bedside tablemp. She sat on the side of the bed, stroking her hair and massaging her forehead, hoping the blood circting in her brain would make her rx and sleepy.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Please stop thinking about all that, Scarlett!! It has nothing to do with you!" She talked to herself and stood up from the bed.


    She needed water to moisten her dry throat. After she drank a ss of water, her eyes fell on the cell phone on the bedside table.


    At times like these, Scarlett somehow needed to talk to someone, maybe her mind would settle down, and she could sleep after expressing her unreasonable anxiety. She realized how stupid she was!


    After dialing the number, she walked to the sofa and looked at the lonely moon outside against the dark sky.


    Not long after, when the phone line was connected, the sound of EDM* music was deafening to Scarlett''s ears. It was so loud that she had to move the phone away from her ear. Otherwise, her eardrums would be damaged!


    "Are you at the club?" Scarlett asked but no answer from the other end.


    Worried whether she had dialed the wrong number, she checked her phone screen to ensure the person she called was right.


    She didn''t call the wrong number. But why isn''t he answering!?


    "Can you hear me?" Scarlett raised her voice, afraid the person on the other end might not hear her.


    When Scarlett thought maybe the person didn''t want to be disturbed and wanted to hang up the phone. She heard his voice.


    "I hear you! Wait, I have to get out first!!"


    Scarlett slowly heard the sound of loud music, finally drifting away and disappearing.


    "Why are you calling me now? It''s almost midnight in Astington..." His voice sounded worried.


    "Brother Rex, I can''t sleep!" Scarlett took a deep breath as she mmed her back against the sofa.


    Rex fell silent after hearing Scarlett''s tone. After returning to Astington, this was the first time Scarlett had taken the initiative to call him, but why did she sound depressed?


    "Would you mind telling me your worries!? I''m ready to listen. As usual!" Rex leaned against the wall while he lit his cigarette. His deep eyes stared at the street, waiting for her to speak.


    "I''m fine. I just can''t sleep." Her words were short but sounded like a grumble to Rex''s ear.


    "Little sister, I''ve known you for nearly a decade. You can''t hide anything from me." Rex threw away his cigarette and stepped on it. "Are there any problems with work?"


    "It''s okay. Everything''s fine! But..." Scarlett paused reluctantly to say what was bothering her; about Xander''s past. Particrly about Xander''s ex-fiancé.


    She did want to ask him, but if she did, Rex would know that Tyler had told her about his evil deed — sleeping with Xander''s fiancee.


    She secretly sighed!


    ***


    *EDM = Electronic dance music