"What are you doing here?" Alea sneered at the man she never expected to see at her apartment door.

"You should leave! I'm not interested!" she continued, closing the apartment door again.

"I just wanted to make sure you're okay!" the man replied, his hand holding the door leaf. He then pushed it, causing the door to swing wide open, and Alea casually walked in, ignoring him. The smell of alcohol wafted into David's nostrils as he followed Alea's footsteps.

"Today is your boss's wedding day, why are you here?" Alea said sarcastically as she sat back down at her mini bar.

David looked at Alea with an inscrutable expression,...