Chapter 44

Silence enveloped us after he said those words. I don’t know how to react. He totally caught me off guard. He also didn't say anything after blurting out those words.

Because of the silence, I felt the need to do something- anything that can distract me from the words he just said. So I took interest with the beer. I was supposed to stop drinking, but I took the glass to my mouth and drank the remaining beer in it.

I could feel Zandrey gazing at me.

“Don't you want to go home?” He broke the silence. I could feel the heat spreading on my face, which means I’m quite drunk now, but i could still think straight, just drunk enough to be shameless.

“Do you wanna go home now?” I asked back. I tried to stare back at him. We were both staring at each other, like no one wants to lose the staring game.

“Only if you want to,” he replied. “I can't leave you here because you're... quite drunk, so you can’t drive,” he added.

I nodded.

Something crazy’s running in my head. And I d