Vonda briefly considered deleting the message that Max sent. However, it was too late. The two gray checkmarks had turned blue, indicating that Andrew had already read it. Now, there was nothing she could do. She could not possibly say, “Sorry, it was a mistake.”

Who would believe that?

Knowing she had no other choice, Vonda simply put her phone back into her work bag. At the same time, she heard a series of notification sounds.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

Vonda swallowed. She knew those were replies from Andrew. However, she refused to open them. Not now or ever. Instead of worrying about Andrew's replies, Vonda found herself thinking about Max!...