The next morning Patricia wakes me up.

"Meng, I called you. You must've slept pretty deep."

I open my eyes and stare at her which leans above me. She is not only already awake, she was jogging as well I growl and look at my alarm. Six thirty in the morning. Oh god, I slept nine hours!

"Why are you already awake?!" I ask her as I slowly get up, "And why the hell did you go running?!"

Patty shrugs and smile at me, "I was in the mood."

"You never go running."

"But you always go running. Come on, get up and run a couple rounds in the Central Park.
It's amazing."

I nodd and yawn as I stretch myself, "Yeah, I should run a couple rounds in the Central Park....I haven't been running for almost two days."

She laughs, "You're a real junkie!"

I shrugg as I change into my running clothes. "Yeah, maybe...But it keeps me fit. As healthy as I can be in my condition."

"Which reminds me, Dr. Luna called yesterday evening."

"Really? What did he want?" I ask her as her as I get into my running shoes.

"He just wanted to know if you were okay..."

"good...That's good." I say and smile relieved. I look at the watch again 6:45 a.m.. Enough time to at least go running for a good thirty minutes. "She you in thirty minutes, Patty."

"Yeah...." Patty agree as she walks into the bathroom.

I put the headphones in my ears as I start running in the middle of the already awake city. The asphalt under my feet feels good. With every step I take, I feel better. My head gets clearer with every new step. The music from my Phone makes me want to run faster, clearing my head even faster.

Thirty minutes later the sweat is running down my body as I unlock the front door of the apartment. I get out of my shoes and I loose my ponytail to let my hair fall on my shoulders.

"Hi." Patricia greets me, sitting at the dining  table, drinking a cup of coffee.

"You already made coffee?" I ask her as I reach her. I take out a cup from the cupboard and pour coffee in int. I take a sip and close my eyes, yeah I really need coffee right now.

"You usually don't drink coffee. What's wrong?" Patricia ask me worried.

"Nothing wrong." I lie and take a sip. My head is clear now. I know what to do

"You got mail." It's AC Architectures. I applied there for an internship months ago. "I thought they already forgot me."

I get it from her. It's from AC Architectures. I applied there for an internship months ago. " I thought they already forgot me."

"Guess not." she says as in the letter, "What does it say?"

I smile, "I got it! I got the internship! I have the freaking internship!"I say grinning.

She hugs me right away, "That's great!"

"I know, right?! Thank god I got it."

"When will you start?"

"On Monday." I say reading the letter again. I smile before I remember that Richard will pick me up soon. "I'm gonna shower." I inform her before I walk into my room again.

I put the phone on my table and get out clean cloths from the closet. Then I walk into the bathroom and get out of my sweaty clothes. As I let the water drop on my skin, I close my eyes again. I won't sign. This is crazy. The contract is crazy. This man is insane. I can't be with a man like him. There is no way I will sign this contract, I will stop seeing him and I will concentrate on my internship at AC Architectures. That sounds good. That sounds like a plan.

A knock on the door interrupts my thoughts--or plans. "Meng, Richard is already here."

Shit. I am not anywhere near getting done. "Tell him I'll be ready in five minutes."

I quickly finish showering and put my hair in a towel, before I get into my robe. I open the bathroom door and quickly walk into my room. I hear Patricia giggling as I walk through the hallway. Hmmm, is Richard making jokes?! That's insane.

I get into my clothes as quickly as I can before I try to brush through my hair. I put my hair into a messy bun before I walk out.

I smell hot coffee as I walk into the kitchen. Richard and Patricia are both sitting on the table, having breakfast. The hot steam of their coffees is making its way into my nose as I watch them for a second.

"Well that was fast."Patricia says smiling as I walk over to them.

"You are early." I say to Richard, who is taking a sip of his coffee.

"Better early than late, Miss Mendoza." he says and smiles at me. Gosh how I am suppose to resist that killer smile?! i have to sign!

"I thought you don't like coffee." He says a little confused to me.

"Things change."

"She already drank a cup earlier." Patricia says, just as amazed as he is. "Richard brought bagels and muffins."

"I'm not hungry, but thanks for the bagels and the muffins."

"You have to eat something."

Right, the eating rule. Damn it, I already hate those rules. I wonder how he will punish me? "I'll eat something on the road then." I say and get up, "When is Adam going pick you up?"

"I still have good three hours before he will show up." Patricia says and I recognize the goofy smile on her lips. The very same smile I had on my lips when I went out for coffee with Richard. Stupid men. They are making us all smiley and fall in love with them....Only to leave us heartbroken.

"Well we should get going then." I say to Richard who rises from his chair.

"Yes. It was nice to have breakfast with you, Miss Cr--Patricia." he adds a little smile. It must've been hard on him to call her by her first name.

"It was indeed, Richard. You're welcome anytime." she says to him before she hugs me, "See you this evening."

"See you." I say and smiled slightly at her. "I'll just get my purse really quickly from my bedroom, be right back."

"Take your time. I'll be waiting downstairs."he says to me before he kisses my cheek and I turn around, having another goofy smile on my lips. Stupid, Richard Faulkerson!

I walk into my room and pick up my purse from the floor. I get out the contract and lay it on the table. Stupid contract. It's you who makes it all complicated and hard for me.

"He is so into you, Meng." I hear Patricia's voice and turn around.

"He's not that into me. We're having a good time, that's all."

"You like him."

"Of course I like him, otherwise I wouldn't be having a dinner with his parents this evening." I say as I walk out of my room.

"I think he is falling in love with you."

Richard Faulkerson doesn't love. He told me that. I shake my head, "No one's falling in love with each other. Beside you and Samuel of course."

"I know. Crazy, huh?!" she says grinning.

"See you tonight then."

"Yes." she says as I close the front door behind myself.

He is not falling in love with me. He is just good actor. And I will not sign this crazy contract. I won't. I can't Signing is definitely not an option.

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