Chapter 147

Early the next morning. Still half-asleep, Amelia Johnson was jolted awake by the buzzing of her phone. She groped for it on the nightstand, answered groggily with a stuffy voice, “Hello?” Emily Carter sounded surprised on the other end. “Wait, you're still in bed? Girl, it's already nine!” “…Damien went to bed super late last night, okay?" Amelia mumbled. Emily immediately jumped on that, her voice full of drama. “Oh my god, are you guys getting that close already? Didn’t you say you two were just living together in peace or whatever? Babe, you're totally falling for Damien and don’t even realize it! You can’t hide this from me!” “Would you shut up? Damien was the one working late, and I just couldn’t fall asleep…” Amelia cut herself off mid-sentence, realizing she was giving too much away. Last night, Damien had told her to sleep first while he finished some work, but she ended up staring at the ceiling for ages until he finally got in bed, and only then could she fall asleep. She co