Insomnia, depression and what's worse, he had absolutely no appetite. Things couldn't get any worse for him.

Yet when life had already made him hit rock-bottom, there was nothing left to lose anymore. Thrown into such situation, a young man who wasn't in the best mental condition, suddenly got nicknamed Midnight and found himself visiting the same girl over and over again every night in her backyard. The girl being the same one he had had a crush on years ago. 

The problem is... This girl has no idea who he is, nor did he have any intention to let her know. In such situation a question arises:

How do I make her like me back?

Midnight Smiles

---It seems it’s already too late-04

Little did he know that even though Ryder had actually been thinking about him and the reason why he didn’t show up yesterday, she was too embarrassed after Jake asked her so bluntly that she had the sudden urge to throw the phone at him. Shameless! How can he ask that? Is he allowed to ask that? I can’t answer such question!!!

With just five words, Jake had turned the tables, and now it was Ryder who didn’t know what to say. She had been forced to go from offence to defense. But how could this girl who barely talked with anyone, let alone get in an argument, defend herself? Yet she was truly angry and that was enough for her to decide to play dirty.

/"I saw you at the /"Wooden Lord/" bookstore./" Ryder fought the urge to smirk.

The smug expression on Jake froze, his body turning into an ice sculpture as he cursed in his heart. Fuck! Shit! What?!! But…

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