Chapter 4

Once I was all curled up in bed, I barely managed to send a text message to a friend when Anthony leaned over.

"Who are you texting?"

I quickly deleted the message history while replying, "I was asking my friends to play mobile games with me. It's too boring here."

Anthony smiled. "I'll play with you."

Feeling touched, I dove into his arms. "You're the best, my darling boyfie!"

Anthony pushed me away. "Alright, now sit properly. Look at how improper you're being right now."

I stuck out my tongue playfully and made a face at him. He just looked at me helplessly in response.

We spent the whole morning playing games on our phones together. After lunch, I plopped down on the couch in the living room. But I soon got bored of doing that.

I shook Anthony's arm. "Anthony, why don't we go shopping in the supermarket?"

"The town's too far away from the village. We'll need five hours just to make a complete trip to and fro. If we were to go now, we wouldn't be able to go home tonight." A