At home, Ivan seemed unsettled with Alice's absence. As time ran out, Ivan was wide awake in bed.

Holding his phone, Ivan fixed his eyes on the screen time as the time kept ticking away. Soon, it was 11 in the evening.

Usually, Ivan would have fallen asleep at this time because he disciplined himself to run in the morning the next day. Weirdly, today Ivan couldn't seem to fall asleep at all.

It was only then that Ivan realized that Alice had become an essential part of his life.

They hadn't really had sex yet, but Ivan couldn't even sleep without Alice.

Ivan wanted to call Alice to ask...