Paige was a practical woman. She didn’t do preposterous things or had preposterous thoughts. She was in absolute control of herself and her life.
However, Paige was also a human. A human who happened to have a very stupid heart that sometimes, involuntarily, skipped a beat.
After reading a text.
From a stranger.
Daniel wasn’t a stranger, but he might as well be. She didn’t know how he looked like, whether or not he’s catfishing her. She didn’t know anything for sure.
Her heart, as it appeared, was oblivious to that fact.
She finally replied.
Sophie: Stop doing that, Daniel.
She didn’t know what “that” exactly was, but “that” confused things.
Daniel: Sorry, sorry. I think it’s my exhaustion speaking.
Well, that definitely took the warmth away from
