Katherine hadn't changed her number—it was still the same one she used before leaving the country. But when Carl picked up, his tone was distant and a bit confused. "Who is this?"
Katherine's face darkened immediately.
While she'd been abroad, she used an international number to contact Carl. It hadn't even been that long since she left. Had he really deleted her old number already?
"Carl, did you miss me?" she asked in that familiar, playful tone of hers, suppressing the irritation boiling inside. "Because I sure missed you."
"Katherine?" Carl had, in fact, deleted her old number. Hearing her voice now felt strangely surreal. "Why'd you change your number?"
Katherine was fuming, but she knew she didn't have much ground to stand on. After all, she had been the one who ditc
