Crises in Love (Zora and Jaylan)

Chapter 374

"Wow, you finally remembered I exist!" Catherine's voice carried a hint of annoyance.

"Hey, I've been running around like crazy all day. It's a miracle I can even dial your number. Be grateful,

will ya?" I retorted with a smug sense of pride before asking, "So, what have you been up to all day?"

"Sleeping, mostly. Just horsing around with the kids this evening," Catherine drawled lazily. "I'm on

vacation, remember?"

I snorted, "Sleeping all day, doing facials, too. What's the matter, getting old?"

"What do you think? Sleeping is exhausting, you know?" she argued with conviction. "I'm not getting

any younger. Got to take preventative measures so I don't age faster than I did last year."

Her words nearly had me hanging up the phone, ready to call her out, "You sound like you're freaking

out over a crisis. What's going on?"

"Nonsense!" She snapped back, though I couldn't see her face.

"Logan's heading back to Goldenvale Town tomorrow. You planning on joining him?" I threw out a little

bait, testing her reaction.

Sure enough, she gasped, "What? Who said that?"

"I'm not even done talking. What's the rush?" I teased, eyeing her mask-covered face as if it were the

gospel truth. "Didn’t he ask you?"

"No... He said he'd be staying for a few days!" Catherine sounded utterly suspicious.

I almost burst out laughing but held it in, continuing, "We had dinner together tonight."

"What?" She exclaimed again, a mix of shock and irritation in her voice. "He told me he was busy. NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.

What's he playing at?"

Internally I was scoffing at her obvious concern, thinking, 'Well, well, the cat's out of the bag now, isn't

it?'

"What's he playing at?" I echoed, feigning ignorance. "Since when do you schedule Logan's plans?"

"Drop it," she retorted gruffly. "I couldn't care less about him. Who is he to me?"

"Sure, whatever you say," I goaded her. "You claim you don't know the guy, yet you're all up in his

schedule? What does it matter to you who he eats with? And another thing, you never take a break, but

the minute you hear he's in Silverdale City, you're back here vacationing like there's no tomorrow. You

sure you're not coming down with something? Might need to take you to the hospital tomorrow!"

At that, Catherine lost her cool. "Aaliyah Wilburn, seems like you've forgotten your own troubles the

moment you're back on your feet, always picking on me! Are you even making sense? What exactly

am I being hard about?"

She ripped off her face mask, no longer pretending, and glared at me through the screen with righteous

indignation.

"You've got no idea what it's like to be alone, do you? You're still shaking off your last fling, and you've

got a line of suitors at your door. Why don't you talk about that?" she accused me outright.

Her words hit me hard, and I was taken aback. She was genuinely upset now, letting everything out.

She wasn't done yet, "I'm practically an antique at this point. It's bad enough you don't help, but then

you have to make your snide remarks. Don't you dare call me your bestie ever again. After all these

years of putting up with you, do you think it's been easy for me?"

I quickly tried to smooth things over, "Not easy at all!"

"Save it. If it weren't for you, would I even know him? He can have dinner with whomever he pleases.

Indeed, what's it to me?"

I couldn't hold back my laughter any longer, and she immediately turned sour, "What's so funny? Go

ahead, laugh!"

"I... he..." She realized she'd let her guard slip and struggled to find an excuse. Coոtent of

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After my relentless teasing, her defiant spirit seemed to fizzle out, and she lay on her bed, tossing and

turning, sighing in despair.

Seeing her like this, I realized something wasn't right. Had I hit a nerve?