Chapter 17 A painting of him (1/2)

Ryn rolled on her bed and yawned loudly. What time was it now?

She checked the time and sighed. Almost four hours sleeping and she still felt tired.

”An hour more? Ten minutes more…” she murmured and closed back her eyes happily. Ten more minutes before…

”Ergh… chocolate cake.” Her eyes popped open and she groaned loudly. She just remembered the promise she made last night about the chocolate cake.

She grabbed a towel. Maybe a cold shower can wake her up. She needed to check whether she had enough ingredient to make chocolate cake.

”Extra ganache…”

Still shivering from the cold water, she checked the pantry. No chocolate and flour. Guess she needed to make a trip to the supermarket.

It took her an hour just to buy the things she needed. She bumped into two crews and asked them what was going on. Apparently, Angel finally agreed to film how she spent the day after months coaxing her. And so far their conclusion was Angel a bit eccentric and absent-minded, the usual kind of artist.

”I guess I need to bake a bigger cake for everyone,” Ryn murmured once she entered her home. She tied her hair and quickly took out the grocery she bought. Luckily she bought enough for three 9-inches round cakes, too lazy to buy more when Angel felt like eating homemade chocolate cake.

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Jeremy switched off the computer and stretched his arms. Finally, he was done with the job today. He glanced at the clock and nodded. Just right on time.

”Mika,” he called once Mika answered his call.

”What?” it seemed like Mika was still mad for having to come to work today.

”Jason is picking you up today, right?” he just needed to make sure that his sister was taken care of.

”I guess so. Why?”

”Nothing. Bye.”

It was better not to tell Mika he was going to Ryn. If not, Mika surely would want to follow along. Even Jason complained that since Ryn came back into their life, Mika was getting too occupied with Ryn, almost forgetting him as her boyfriend.

Jeremy grabbed his car key and headed to the elevator. He did not want to call Ryn, wanting to give her a surprise. Of course, another reason for this was because he knew she would reject him immediately.