Debbie's face was flushed both from pleasure and embarrassment. She tried to push him away, but to no avail.

“Hmm..."" Debbie protested trying to say something, but her Lips were sealed by his. When he finally let go, he teased in a hoarse voice,

“Stop moaning."

‘What?! I'm not moaning! I'm protesting!' she thought.

She then stuttered, “I...I need to go. Let me go... Please."

She was so apprehensive of their public display of affection, even though she Loved him from the bottom of her heart.

“Let you go?" Carlos said with a raised eyebrow. Seeing her red face, he decided to tease.

“How about we go home together and...? Either to my apartment or yours. Wherever you prefer.”

To his surprise, Debbie's eyes lit up at his words. She said with a hopeful expression, “Really? My apartment it is then. Let's go! Now!"

Words failed Carlos. He withdrew his arms and stepped backward.

Debbie's next move caught him off-guard. Without saying goodbye, she ran past him and dashed towards the apartment building.

"Is she playing cat and mouse?’ Carlos thought to himself as he watched her receding figure.

He licked the corner of his mouth, where he could still smell her scent. He hated to admit that he was turned on.

Stepping into the elevator, Debbie rubbed her red cheeks, burning with embarrassment. As the doors closed, she heaved a deep sigh of relief.

‘Jeez! I was such a coward!'

Just the thought of making out with him in public gave her goose bumps.

If she hadn't run away, she didn't know how far he would take things.

Her heart raced, her mind running wild with imaginations. She longed for more and badly wished it had all happened in the privacy of a room.

They would have set that house on fire.

“Debbie, go for it! He kissed you twice. This means he has a thing for you. Go get it, girl! The chemistry is just perfect!' she told herself.

Later, Curtis sent her a message saying that he had already made a reservation on the fifth floor of the Alioth Building.

When she met Colleen, they hugged and cried a river. Those three years apart had seemed Like an eternity. Neither of them could believe they'd end up reuniting, right here in Alorith again. That would have been the stuff of fantasies. Realizing that they both cried, the two women burst into Laughter together. Curtis shook his head helplessly as he didn't understand their emotions.

“Aunt Colleen,” Debbie called out playfully. Although Debbie and

Colleen hadn't hung around each other often, they were pretty close.

Maybe that was because they were both sincere and they both hated