Chapter 29: Chapter 29

For two minutes, Arya stood outside her house door feeling angry, then she pulled out her phone and roughly dialed Jack’s number.

A person can be insulted but the note cannot be lost.

She already told Jay that she would get the note today. It was not nice that the note could not be delivered. This was a question of credibility.

Jack did not answer the call. Arya thought for a while and concluded that he must still be driving and it was not safe to pick up the call. So forget it!

She suppressed her anger and went back upstairs to her home sullenly massaging her hand and cursing Jack.

She had waited for him for a long time with a hungry stomach and in the end, this was the result she got.

She decided she will go to the market tomorrow and buy a pile of drumsticks to braise. She will gnaw on it fiercely as if it was Jack. The more she thought about it, the hungrier she became and so she made herself a sandwich to nourish herself since she felt very angry.

After eating the sandwich, she looked at her watch and felt the time should be right. Wherever he wanted to go, he should have reached the place by now, so she called Jack again.

This time Jack still did not answer.

Thinking for a while, Arya decided to call again later.

After watching the TV for ten minutes, she dialed his number again but still, nobody answered.

Arya's anger rose again. What is the matter with him? Did she offend him again? Is his temper so bad that he refused to answer the phone?

The more he did not want to answer, the more she wanted to call.

After fifteen minutes, Arya dialed once again but still, no one answered.

After another five minutes, she dialed again, still, no one answered.

Arya tossed her phone away. She rolled up her sleeves and began to clean up the house in frustration.

She mopped and scrubbed until the rooms in the house were bright and clean.

After cleaning for a while, she called again.......then after cleaning for a while, she called again and eventually when she finished all the cleaning, she looked at the time.

More than an hour had passed but still, no one picked up the phone. She could not control herself and called once more but there was no response.

Arya sat down on the sofa and panted breathlessly.

Suddenly she became worried.

Although Jack's temper is bad and has an uncouth mouth, he is a very responsible person. He will answer his phone calls and scold people, pass sarcastic remarks and say poisonous words but he will not be let anyone call him like crazy and not pick up the phone.

Did he forget about his mobile phone and left it somewhere?

She thought carefully.In the car, she saw him put his phone on the phone holder. Maybe when he got down from the car, he had left the phone in the car?

But he is not such a careless person.

She started to imagine things and became more and more worried.

Did something happen to

him on the road? Is he alright?

She could not control herself and dialed his number another two more times and each time she could only hear a 'beep' sound.

Arya became restless and tried to control her accelerated heartbeats. If he is alright, he will definitely return her call if sees the missed calls.

She waited and waited and until it was midnight but she still had not received Jack's call. While waiting she had also called him several times and of course, there was no response.

At this moment, Soph came back and when she entered the door, she said. "Just now, I was scared out of my wits. I encountered two cars racing on the road and luckily they did not crash into the taxi I was in. They grazed the taxi as they passed and shouted. Those bastards! I thought I was going to die. If they want to die, they should go ahead and not cause the death of others. My taxi driver was so scared that he stopped by the roadside for a while before he dared to continue driving on the road. Damn, I must take a shower to calm my nerves."

Soph went to calm her nerves and Arya was in a shock.

Oh God! Did something really happen to Jack? She really did not have any idea what to do and so she called Mark to ask him whether he had communicated with Jack tonight.

"Yes. That guy called me at 6 o'clock to say he was coming to scrounge a meal off me. He also said he was on the way and will reach in a while but in the end, he did not turn up."

On the way? That must be after he had dropped her off at her house then he had called Mark. But in the end, why didn't he go?

"Then he did not arrive……after that what happened?"

"Well, after that he did not arrive."

"Why didn’t you ask him why he did not turn up?"

"No. He might have changed his mind. I was busy and did not notice. We are used to it. When he wants to eat, he'll come over and sometimes he even comes without letting me know."

"So when he comes, he doesn’t let you know. Then is it normal when he had told you he is coming and he doesn’t turn up, he also doesn't let you know?"

Mark seems to be thinking on the other side and also felt it was correct, then he asked. "What's wrong? Did something happen to Jack?"

Arya was very anxious. "I saw him this evening and he sent me home. But later when I called him, no one answered. The same thing happened the whole night. I don’t know what's wrong. He said he was going to your place for dinner but he did not turn up. Did something actually happened to him?"

"Don’t worry, there should be nothing wrong. I'll look for him."

When Mark said those words, Arya felt calmer. Mark's ways of looking for Jack would be much better than hers.

At least he would know the places Jack frequent and his other friends. "When you find him, let me know, alright?"

"Okay. Don’t worry. Once I have news, I'll let you know."

Five minutes later, Mark's call came in.

"I found him. He is alright. He met an old friend and went to the bar for a few drinks. He forgot about his phone and left it in his car. Just now, he went back to his car and saw my missed call, so he called me. He is alright, don’t worry."

After listening to Mark, she did not understand the feelings in her heart.

She thanked Mark then hung up the phone and her mood worsen.

She was worried the whole night acting like a fool. He returned Mark's call but did not return her calls.

She stared at the painting and jabbed angrily at the back of his head.

If he does not want to return her calls, then let it be.

She will not call him again. If she is to concern herself with him again, her surname will not be Du Vin!

Arya sulked in her room and cursed Jack.

Soph shouted from outside. "I'm done with the bathroom!"

Arya banged down her phone with the screen facing down on the bed. What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve. She will not expect anything from him. She went to take her bath. She did not want to calm her nerves, she wanted to calm her anger!

In the bathroom, under the shower of gushing water, she seemed to hear her phone ring.

She turned off the water and listened closely, it was really her cell phone ringing. The first thought that came to her mind was…….she still had to take the call from Jack. What if it was regarding the note for registration at the clinic?

This reason was fully justified and the ringing tone of the phone sounded urgent and lively.

Arya was afraid the other side would hang up, so she wrapped a big towel around herself and ran out of the bathroom to her bedroom.

Soph stuck out her head from her bedroom and saw Arya running semi-naked from the bathroom. She was shocked.

Arya did not speak to her and rushed into her room. She closed the door, pounced on her bed and pressed the receive button.

“Hello…..where the hell are you?" When she answered the call, she found she was panting a little.

"Arya." It was really Jack's voice. Her heart started to jump erratically.

"Were you looking for me?"

What nonsense is this? Can your voice tone be more innocent?

"Where are you?" Although she was not wearing any clothes Arya still found herself speaking in an imposing manner.

"Downstairs at your home."

"What?" Suddenly she was dumbfounded.

The next moment, she wanted to go near the window to take a look and was about to move when she felt she could not let herself be exposed and shrunk back.

"You were looking for me, weren't you? So I came over."

So he came over just like that? Arya was flabbergasted. It was too unexpected.

"Come down." He did not wait for her to think of how to deal with this, Mr. poisonous tongue had already given his instructions.

"Wait!" Arya's voice finally recovered and in an imposing manner said a word. Then she tossed away her phone and quickly search her cupboard for clothes.

Wait until she gets hold of the note, then she will give him a good scolding! It is really very irresponsible of him to make her worry like this.

"Gosh..this is too tight. How come this piece has become smaller? It doesn’t matter, this will do." She muttered to herself and just picked up a bra to put it on. It's too late to choose her clothes. She pulled on a black tank top and put on a pair of pink house shorts then rushed out in her slippers in wet hair.

When Soph stuck out her head again from her bedroom, she saw Arya rushing out as if she was on fire and continued to look at her in surprise.

As Arya entered the elevator, she tried to organize her words and thought of what she was going to say to that man.

Should she ask him where he went? Why didn’t he answer the phone? Forget it, she's not going to ask.

If she asked, it would seem she was very concerned about him and if he was to say 'What has it to do with you'…….then she would not know where to put her face…….

After much deliberation, she still could not think of anything wise or meaningful to say. The elevator soon reached the first floor. She wondered why the elevator moved so fast this time.

In her slippers, she ran out of the building and with a glance, she saw Jack's car which had stopped at the side of the driveway in front of the building.

He was standing outside, leaning against the car with his head lowered as if in deep thought.

Arya stopped running, gently coughed, calmed down and slowly walk towards him.

When Jack heard some movement, he raised his head and saw she had come down.

Suddenly he gave her a big wide smile.

Smile? What is there to smile at? She complained in her heart. The first thing she wanted to do was to ask him to hand over the note.

But when she approached him, she could smell the alcohol on him.

"Have you been drinking?"

"Mmm…..." He nodded.

Instantly her anger rose and she gave him two hard slaps on his arm. "And you still dare to drive after drinking? What if something happens?"

He did not avoid her nor did he answer back. He looked at her with sparkling eyes and faint smile.

"What are you looking at? Is there any reason for you to drive after drinking?" She was very fierce and the more she thought, the angrier she became.

Now that accident rates are so high, why doesn't he take care of himself?

"Arya, I still haven't eaten yet." Suddenly he said.

She frowned and said. "Didn’t you meet your old friend and went to the bar? Why didn’t you eat then?"

"We just sat down to drink and didn't eat anything." His voice was low and sounded pathetic.

"That……." Immediately her heart soften.

"Do you want me to go upstairs and fix you a sandwich?"

"Soph is there and it's late. It's not convenient." He shook his head.

It is indeed not convenient. Arya thought for a moment. "There's a small shop at the junction in front. They are opened late into the night. Hurry up, go and eat something to fill your stomach."

"No appetite." He shook his head again.

She angrily gave him another slap on his arm, this time hitting his other arm. "You have an appetite when you drink on an empty stomach but don’t have an appetite when you are supposed to eat a proper meal."

"Alright then." He turned around and opened the car door. "Get in."

"Get in?!" She became angry again and pulled him hard. "You still dare to drive? Walk!"

She grabbed his big palm and dragged him along. "It's not very far. Take a walk to disperse some of the alcohol inside you."

He did not struggle and let her pull him along.

Suddenly he stopped and pulled her back.

"Wait.” Then, He opened his car and bring out his coat and covered Arya in it.

Arya was dumbfounded. She looked at the coat on her and realized she was in her tank top and shorts .She cannot go round looking this like. Jack held her hand and started walking with her very cooperatively.

His hand is really big.

Arya pulled his hand and then suddenly she regained her senses. She blushed and quickly found something to say. "Are you drunk?"

"No."

"How much did you drink?"

"Didn’t count. Not much."

"What kind of friend was that? You didn’t eat anything and just drank?"

He did not speak and Arya looked back at him.

After thinking, she felt This question was a bit too personal.

She thought he would not answer but he said. "A friend that I don’t want to see."

"Oh." Look, really she should not have asked. A friend whom he did not want to see, then that person should not be considered as a friend.

"Arya, initially my mood was not good but when I returned to my car, I saw someone had called me 27 times. Suddenly I felt so much better."

She stiffened 27 calls? Is it her?

Is it really 27 calls?