Book Two: Branch Sixty Eight

"Well hello to you too," Joshua said with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" she said bringing down her voice like she did not want anyone to hear her.

"To see you"

"Why? you could have called me"

"Well you were not returning my text so I had to check if you were okay"

"Errm, so as not to interrupt the love in the air" Alethea cut through their conversation with a sly expression on her face. "I will go to my room now"

She began to walk towards her room and then turned back to face Joshua. "It was really lovely meeting you"

"I hope we can meet more in the future and more freely," Joshua said.

The statement made Alethea's eyes glisten with glee and she smiled and replied "I hope so too. Have a loving time" she said with a wink and then entered her room.

"I was so busy" she said realising that she had indeed not sent her phone all evening.

"With what?" he asked peering behind her into his open room.

"Just some personal work" she said pulling the knob of her door to shut it to stop