The Richman (Book 2) - Ella

George lay in his apartment and opened his social media. Stalking feeds from his high school friends, seeing some of the statuses of his ex-lover as well as his friends including Ashok who finally had to separate because they chose to study in different places. Suddenly a text message came into his cellphone.

"Nice talk today, thanks." The short message was from Ella, George smiled briefly at the message.

"What are you doing?" Reply George.

"Nothing," Ella answered. "You?" Ella wrote a follow-up message and George was silent for a moment before answering.

"What if I asked you out this weekend?" George asked.

"????" Ella sent George four question marks.

"Hang out, just hang out." George replied.

Upon receiving George's answer, Ella smiled while biting her lower lip. "Sorry, I'm starting part-time work tomorrow weekend."

"What?!" Reply George.

"I saw a part-time job and applied. Lucky I'll be starting tomorrow." Ella replied.