Back From a Far Away Place(2)

4

The blind date did not go well. Because of two things, I could no longer stay in the private room and pretend to be refined and cultured.

The boy my father introduced to me was called Ethan Stein. He was the one in the hotel that day.

What was even absurd was that the real middleman of this blind date was Adrian.

After I slammed the door in front of all the people in the room and left, I immediately took out my cell phone and dialed Adrian's number.

When I was waiting for the call to go through, I felt the ringing sound was unbearable as if it were a thorn piercing me.

Finally, the ringing sound was over, and the call was connected.

"Adrian, where are you? I want to see you. Now, right now!" I blurted those words out.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line before I heard a woman saying gently, "Please don't worry. What has happened to you? Adrian is in the bathroom now. I'll tell him later."

My heart at once sunk to the bottom. Coldness spread along my li