Surprise Went Wrong

Eden reached Italy and met Mr. Reagan. He was missing Lavanya. “I can't even talk to her because of my own stupidity. I should have given her a phone before leaving.”

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Lavanya was coming back from her college with Ray. She looked at him and asked, “Can I use your phone, please?”

“You can, but whom do you want to call?” Ray retrieved his phone from his pocket.

“Don't worry! I will not call my brother or father, even though I miss them a lot. I want to call Eden.” She stretched out her hand to get the phone from him, but he didn't give it to her and said, “Sir is on a business trip. He may get disturbed by your phone call as you don't know if he is working there or not at the moment.”

“Okay." She started looking out of the window as tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back from falling.