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Chapter 040: The Challenge
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Dante woke up early the next day, feeling a slight headache. The booming sound from the next room was still reverberating."God." He gasped in frustration.Then he sat up on the bed, gazing vaguely into space as he thought about how he could possibly pay her back for the torture she was putting him through. After a few seconds of gazing in this manner, an idea suddenly occurred to him."Yes," he murmured, nodding his head approvingly."This will surely teach her a lesson." He murmured again.He rolled out of bed and spent the rest of the minutes whistling as he got dressed and proceeded on his way to work.A few moments later, after dressing and coming out of his apartment, Dante stood at the center of the hall with his briefcase in hand to call on one of the maintenance staff.The worker, a tall guy in a marching white and black uniform, immediately scurried towards him."Yes sir." He answered, leaning slightly.Dante leaned towards him as well, lowering his voice to speak."I need a
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When the strange lady finally ambled close enough to be seen with all her facial features exposed in the light, Dante's doubts were completely cleared because the lady before him was indeed the vivid image of Aria herself. "What are you doing here?" He blurted in a rush, moving closer to her abruptly while Aria stiffened on the spot, maintaining a blank, frozen stare. Dante paused, half rumpling his face and twitching his fingers absentmindedly. Then, after a little fleeting, uneasy silence, he lowered his voice to ask in a draggy tone, "Don't tell me you're the occupant of room 6A." Aria swallowed, then, without a clue of what to say or do in this situation, she looked around cluelessly and attempted to walk away. But before she could take any further steps, Dante reached out and stopped her. Then, just after that, and before any real struggle could ensue between both parties, the sudden, high-pitched voice of another lady behind them interrupted the scuffle. "Aria, did you
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When the repetitive banging of Dante's fist against the door became so much louder and difficult for the two friends to ignore, Lyra gasped and blurted, "Now that's got to stop.”Then she hurriedly grabbed the handle from within as she made to open the door with the intent of finally confronting Dante, but Aria's quick, hushed voice from behind made her stop."Don't." She whispered."I'll go instead." She added in the same tone, getting up to grab the handle in Lyra's place while gently pushing her aside.They stared at each other blankly for a while, then Aria gestured with her free hand and voiced in a concerned, knowing tone."He shouldn't be leaving you restless. Go change."Lyra made a sharp, grim face in silent agreement before letting out a little tired sound, pushing her hair up roughly with both hands as she marched unsteadily towards the bedroom with her heels, making knock-knock sounds on the smooth floor.Aria waited for her to leave the sitting room completely before goin
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