"Jorvik Reed, you're back?"
Upon hearing the door open, Merrill Caldwell quickly jumped off the bed, excitement lighting up her face.
Perhaps thinking she had been a bit too forward, she feigned a serious demeanor, lowered her head, and nervously pinched the hem of her clothing. Quietly, she explained, "I thought about thanking you personally, so I came here without invitation. But after waiting for a while, you still didn't come back. I planned to rest a bit, but I didn't expect I'd fall asleep…"
Merrill Caldwell was mortified!
Her blush extended all the way to the tips of her ears.
She actually fell asleep.
How embarrassing!
"It's fine. Besides, this isn't even my home," Julius Reed reflected; he had been too negligent.
Having a stranger lying in his room—he should have been aware of it while standing outside the door.
