137 DID YOU MISS ME?

Vanessa saw Ingrid's name on his phone's screen. She could not hide her irritation while Gary stopped on his tracks and waited for them so that he could continue his work. But he noticed that the two seems distracted. The woman is fuming mad, while Clifford was excited as he looked at his phone.

Gary sighed while he shaking his head he thought, 'The man in love and the desperate woman. What a pair!' he grunted.

Vanessa, the scheming witch that she is, took something from her bag and gave it to Clifford to distract him from reading the message.

"Cliff, Paul Keller gave us an invitation for his charity ball next week. Would you believe that he paired us?" Clifford's brows rose as he looked at the invitation but did bother to read it.

The name of Paul Keller makes infuriate him.

"Is that so? I'll check my schedule later. Gary, get the invitation." Clifford is unenthusiastic to look at the invitation so he shifted his attention to his phone and is itching to read Ingrid's message. "And excuse me for a moment, Miss Reiley, I need to answer this message first. I'll catch up later. Gary, please continue the tour for me." he apologetically excused himself.

But the woman did not moved yet, but fixed her gaze to Clifford with narrowed eyes.

Ingrid ♥: <WHERE ARE YOU?>

Clifford: <at the mall, u?>

Ingrid ♥: <WITH WHOM?>

Clifford scanned his surroundings he has this eerie feeling that Ingrid is just around.

Clifford: <Miss Reiley. U?>

He waited for her reply but she did not reply again. He dialled Ingrid's number but it just keeps on ringing with no sign that she will pick it up. He is no longer transferred to voicemail, though, which is a good sign.

Clifford: <Sweetheart, are you in Veanco? Are you checking on me?