Chapter 17

Cassandra chews on her lip nervously glancing at her phone which lies on the bed. It lights up and she immediately grabs it, but when she looks at the caller ID, disappointment takes over her face. She answers anyway.

“Hey baby! Are you ghosting me or what?” Ricky’s voice comes from the other side of the line.

“Ricky…of course not! Why would you even think that? I’ve been kinda busy.”

“Tell me you found a german hottie keeping you occupied and I will drop it.” Cassandra laughs lightly.

“Not exactly. But this final collection has me worked up.”

“That bitch still giving you trouble?” She ponders her options but goes with a safe “No”. She still hasn’t confessed to her best friend about Richard and prefers to see where this go, once they return to the states, before talking about it with anyone. She respects Richard’s privacy and doesn’t want to everstep on anything before talking to him.