Chapter 124: It's setback, not failure

Gael briefly parked at a restaurant and brought Alicia and Abigail meals before dropping them off at their respective homes. They were very grateful to him and thanked him a lot when he dropped them off.

" Are you going home or to the mansion?", he asked Blue after dropping the women off.

" The mansion, ma'am might need me, and I need to make sure she's alright",

" And you? Are you okay?",

" Hm," she nodded, " I'm good, just a little exhausted," she said, smiling.

He smiled back and hit the road. They were quiet for some minutes before Gael broke the ice.

" You left early", he began, " you weren't there anymore when I woke up",

" Yeah, I didn't want to disturb you and you were sleeping like a log of wood so..",

" You don't have to insult me you know".

She chuckled, "But that wasn't a lie ",

" I was drunk and deep asleep ",

" Yeah..I noticed. I have to get back to work the next day, so I can't sleep deeply like you".

He scoffed stirring the wheel.

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