Page 29 of Falling for My Ex Next Door

“What do I do now?” I asked, not interested in her lectures. I knew I was wrong!

But I couldn’t shout at her. I was too weak to raise my voice. I’d take whatever came my way. I deserved it.

“I don’t know, I don’t know, one thing I know is that you might have to put in more effort at regaining her trust.” She said knowingly.

“Yeah, I know that.”

She grew quiet for a while.

“How did she react? Was she mad?”

I couldn’t say. I had been too embarrassed to decipher her mood.

“But she sounded really low.”

A pang of guilt rushed through me. I couldn’t stop thinking about what had gone wrong, the mistake I had made. I closed my eyes, trying to block out the thoughts that threatened to consume whatever hope I had of me and Clara being together again.

“Take it slowly. I don’t know if it’s wise to make passes at her during this period. It’s the period when you should allow your bud of reconciliation to grow into full friendship,” Daisy opined.

“You must not let your desires control you, or else it will be catastrophic,” she added.

I sighed. I agreed.

“Thanks a lot, Daisy, I appreciate you.”

“Yeah.”

She suddenly chuckled.

“I can’t believe you are still in love with Clara Lisbon after all these years!” She mocked.

“I can’t believe it myself too.” I concurred.

“I wonder if she still feels the same.”

How much I wish I knew how she felt.

“I’ll come down to Sunnyvale as soon as I get the chance. “ She changed the topic.

“Good.”

“I am not exactly coming for you, though,” she said.

“I spoke with Clara about a week ago, and we’ve been in touch since then.” She added.

“Oh really?”

“We didn’t talk about you. She didn’t say anything about you being in Sunnyvale.”

I sighed just as Jackson’s call came through.

“Can I put you on hold for a minute? I’m getting a call from Jackson.”

“Oh, sure!”

I answered Jackson’s call. He called to remind me of a meeting I had ordered to be rescheduled earlier today.

“How is Jackson?” Daisy asked when I returned to the video call.

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