A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 86

Summer spent the night tossing the turning, barely even closed her eyes. She only started to feel the overwhelming sleepiness when the night shifted to day.

She got herself out of bed and headed to the washroom, washing her face with cold water to give herself an instant refresher.

As she was walking down the stairs, she saw the old lady dozing off on the sofa. It was apparent that she did not have a good sleep yesterday.

Summer put a blanket on her and whipped out her phone, trying to get a hold of Mark.

Two seconds, three seconds, five seconds, seven seconds...

"Hello..."

When Summer heard the ever so familiar deep voice from the other end, she felt as if a huge weight was lifted from her heart and soul, "Have you reached? Are you okay?"

"Yes..." he gave an unusual short reply.

After a short pause, she asked: "How about Ronald? Is he okay?"

"He's fine..." he answered shortly once again. However, Summer could sense annoyance from his tone as he proceeded to say: "Anything else?"

"Nope. Anyway, please"

Mark cut her off before she could finish her sentence," I'm really busy, see ya-she didn't say she was hurt"

Summer didn’t understand the last line, 'she didn’t say she was hurt? Who is she?'

But she did not think much about it; she knew that he was busy. She figured that she should not bother him, so she sent him a text instead.

'Please take care of yourself and be safe. Keep an eye out for any aftershocks, and be safe on your way back ... home...’

'Home', she was debating whether she should use this word. She deleted and retyped it three times before she put herself together and decided to send the text message to Mark. 1

After sending the text message, Summer could not stop looking at her phone. She was expecting to receive a reply from him, even if it was as short as the letter 'K'.