Obvious 2

"Hey, where are you?" Arabella asked.

Guilty, Jaquan said, "At home. What's wrong?"

"Oh." Arabella paused for a moment and smiled, "Nothing. I'm just asking."

"OK." Jaquan answered, but he didn't start another topic to smooth the way for a good chat. Neither of them spoke. The atmosphere was like this, filling them with awkwardness.

"Go to bed early." Jaquan said.

"Alright, you too." Arabella hung up.

Jaquan exhaled a breath and switched off his phone. As he looked into the darkness before him, felt so calm. Staying in the car for a moment, he started the car and left.

At the same time, Arabella stood in front of his house. After the call, she expressionlessly left the elevator.

Behind the crescent-shaped door, Emma was cleaning up the fish after having her meal. Stony was dawdling and watching Emma scraping the fish scales.

"What's the matter?" Emma tilted her head to look at him and asked, "Are you not going to read your books?"