"I'm not going!" Susan rejected. When she thought about Manuel's attitude towards her and that she had promised one month to Henry, she thought it was better to keep a distance from Manuel for the moment.
"Susan, are you a person?"
"Am I a ghost?"
"Manuel is dying but you don't even go to visit him!"
"He didn't have an accident, did he?"
"I'm tired of talking to you. Let me tell you, you have to go to see him. If you don't go, wait to see his body tomorrow."
"What are you talking ..."
"I'm not kidding!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Finally, Susan was threatened by his words. She called Manuel but he didn't answer.
Susan panicked. She made haste to put on her clothes skipping a bra, and she drove to Manuel's home.
She kept telling herself that Manuel was fine all the way.
Soon, she arrived at Manuel's house. She rushed to Manuel's door and knocked crazily.
When the door was opened and Manuel saw her, he paused. He thought Theodore asked someone to bring the antidote. When he saw Susan, he closed the door immediately.
"Manuel!" Susan rushed in and her body was pinched by the door. She almost let out a scream of pain.
Manuel looked at her and went into the house.
"What's wrong with you?" Susan endured the pain and then she saw Manuel's red face. He was kind of weird.
Susan looked at him in disbelief, having some ideas in her mind.
Manuel should have been drugged.
Suddenly she thought about what Theodore said just now and realized why he asked her to come.
Manuel went straight to the bathroom and the door was slammed shut.
Susan was somehow timid. Should she knock at the door?
She knew that there was no way Manuel could bear it alone since she knew how it felt.
However, she had just promised Henry, and she felt guilty.
When she was struggling, she heard something break from the bathroom.
Susan was scared out of her wits, thus she ran to the bathroom and twisted the doorknob.
It was locked from the inside by Manuel. She patted the door, "Manuel, what are you doing? Get out!"
Susan was spooked, feeling a bit hurt by his strength, but she bore it.
She hugged him and wanted to kiss him.
When she got closer to his lips, Manuel pushed her away again.
He took a few looks at her neck, while Susan was provoked.
What the fuck? What was this man thinking?
Before Susan said something, Manuel uttered, "Is it funny to be a two-timer?"
Susan felt a slight pain in her heart. She glared at him hard and saw that he had gotten to the breaking point but he still endured and did nothing.
"Get out of here!" Manuel said and left.
Tears had been rolling in her eyes.
"Manuel..."
"Don't touch me with the hands that touched other men, I will feel dirty!" Manuel said clearly.
So how unbearable she was in his mind.
She just looked at Manuel with tears in her eyes and saw him getting farther and farther away from her.
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