Chapter 18

Stephen puffed the cigarette smoke he inhaled deeply into the air, creating a puff of smoke that moves to fill his office room before the smoke disappeared with the surrounding air. His back rested on his work chair by crossing his legs that rest on his desk. Beside his right leg, dozens of cigarette butts lined up irregularly in the cigarette ashtray made of recycled wood. His dark blue eyes looked at the ceiling of the room that was actually not very attractive but still successfully made him stare at the ceiling for a long time. To be precise, his mind was currently on Nikki, and the blank ceiling worked as a projector helping him project all of his memories with Nikki as much as he had.

Nikki's cute face frowned in annoyance as he gave her a bouquet of roses for reasons that were still a mystery to him. Nikki's happy smile when she found out that he had not offered to pick her up becaus