Chapter 21

Luckily for Draven, his phone took the right moment to ring and he quickly answered the call without even looking at the Caller ID. “Sorry, Mum, I got a call,” he reasoned with his mother and then walked away for some privacy.

“Whoever you are, you literally just saved me,” he muttered with a sigh.

“Well, I rather think that that’s what I’ve been doing lately,” replied someone in a female voice.

Draven nearly choked on his own saliva. “Hélène,” he somehow managed to greet her. He’d been expecting her to call him for weeks now since they last parted ways but she had never once contacted him. A few weeks ago, while he was intoxicated, he’d drunkenly called her. Even until now, he had no clue what he’d said to her. However, upon seeing the call log the next day, he apologized. At first, he’d found that to be a rather lucky opportunity to call her but after six tries and his call always ended up in voicemail, he’d given up and left her a voicemail apologizing for what he might have s