Chapter 521 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“She is not a kid, Miley. And she is not drunk either. I’m sure she can find her way home. She won’t miss her way simply because she is upset,” Lucas said reasonably.

“It’s not that either. I was the one who locked the door on our way out so I’m with the key,” Miley said as she raised the single key she was holding for him to see, “I just found it in my handbag,” Miley said, and Lucas raised a brow.

“I’m sure she has a spare tucked away under her doormat or flowerpot somewhere…”

“That’s not all. She will be stranded. She doesn’t have any money on her. I’m with her wallet,” Miley said as she raised the wallet in her other hand.

“How can you be with her wallet when she left with her handbag?” Lucas asked in disbelief, as he looked at her incredulously.

“We have a matching pair. I thought this was mine and I picked it from the table while leaving the apartment. I was startled to find both wallets in my handbag,” Miley explained with an embarrassed smile.

“And she didn’t notice that she left the house without her wallet?” Lucas asked, thinking that it didn’t make sense.

“I’m sure she thinks it’s in her handbag,” Miley said with a concerned frown.

“Then you should go after before she gets there.”

“That won’t work. I can’t go home right now. I already promised the lady inside that I would join her party before remembering that I was with the key,” Miley said with a pout, and Lucas frowned.

“So? You’d rather your best friend is stranded than disappoint a stranger?” He asked incredulously.

“She is not a stranger. She is an ardent follower,” Miley explained patiently.

“Too bad you will have to disappoint her. Why did you let Amy leave when you…”

“Seriously? Did she leave on my account?” Miley snapped at him, startling Lucas who hadn’t been expecting that.

“I already said I was sorry,” Lucas said defensively when Miley glared at him.

“I’m not the one you should apologize to. She will get even more mad at you when she ends up getting embarrassed because she can’t pay for her cab, and stranded because she can’t get into her apartment,” Miley said as she extended the wallet and key to Lucas.

“Are you going to take it to her or not?” Miley asked, and Lucas silently swore at himself before taking the key and wallet from her.

Miley smiled at him, “You have her home address. I’m sure it won’t be difficult for you to locate. Goodnight, Lucas,” she said as she leaned forward and kissed his cheek before walking away.

Left with no choice, Lucas got into Celsie’s car and dropped Amy’s wallet and key on the passenger seat before checking for Amy’s address.

Although he wasn’t too familiar with the environment, he relied on Google assistant to give him the right direction to Amy’s apartment.

Unfortunately, he realized that Google Maps wasn’t always reliable when he ended up getting lost twice. He couldn’t tell if he was the one who didn’t understand the direction, or if it was his google assistant who didn’t know the direction.

As Lucas tried to find the way he took turns cursing himself and everyone else who had a role to play in his present predicament.

Why did he let Celsie talk him into going out with Miley? Of all people to take such advice from, why did he listen to Celsie, who had only just recently started to mix up with people? It wasn’t like she had any real relationship experience with people before now, outside of their immediate family, Sonia and Tyler. So why did he listen to her?

Why did he leave Celsie’s apartment where he had been spending the day watching movies and playing games on his phone to meet with Miley?

Why did Amy come out with Miley? He was sure things wouldn’t have happened this way had he met with just Miley alone.

Why did Amy have to get so angry that she had to leave that way? Shouldn’t she have just calmed down after emptying her glass of water on him and yelling at him like that in public?

Sure, he was wrong. He was a jerk for saying what he said when he knew just how much she had cried when she arrived that night. He had realized how badly he fucked up the moment the words left his mouth, but she had also reacted too quickly, and before he had a chance to recover from his shock and apologize, she had walked away.

Why didn’t Miley stop her? If she had stopped her from leaving or gone with her he wouldn’t have to be on this blasted road trying to find his way to her apartment.

Why did that damned Instagram follower have to show up and take Miley away from the table? If she hadn’t appeared from nowhere Miley wouldn’t have left and he wouldn’t have talked to Amy at all or argued with her, and even if that had happened, Miley would have been the one going after Amy right now not him.

Why did Amy’s battery have to be dead right now? Why did she have to leave her wallet and key behind? And why did she leave so fast like she was being chased? Why couldn’t she have just walked away so he would chase after her and find her instead of…

He stepped on his brake pedal abruptly when he drove past someone dressed in a white dress, and the car came to a screeching halt.

He looked through the rearview mirror, and sure enough, there was Amy walking down the road barefooted with her sandals in hand.

She was walking in the opposite direction and didn’t take note of the car that has driven past her or the fact that the car had stopped.

Immediately, he picked up the wallet and car key from the passenger seat and got out of the car. He walked after her in quick steps, wanting to call out to her, but he slowed down when he realized she was speaking to herself.

“Lucas? Sounds more like Look Ass to me,” Amy hissed to herself angrily, not caring about the fact that she would look like a crazy person to anyone who saw her talking to herself.

“What an ass! Dr. Hottie my ass! What ever nonsense made me think he was cute or calm? I must have been out of my mind!” She said with a humorless chuckle.

“Senseless idiot! Little wonder he ended up with a stupid bitch like Rachel!” Amy hissed to herself angrily as she continued to walk.

“Water is too good for him. I should have poured the spicy sauce on him instead,” Amy said muttered angrily, and then suddenly stopped walking when she noticed another shadow beside hers and realized that she wasn’t alone.

She clutched her handbag tighter and swirled around immediately using her handbag to hit him right in the face before she could make out his face.

“Ahhhh!” Lucas cried out as he raised a hand to his face.

Immediately Amy walked out of the restaurant, she saw a cab dropping off a lady in front of the restaurant and she got into it immediately.

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