Evie frowned, wondering why on earth he was calling her now. It occurred to her then that she should have blocked and deleted his number a long time ago.
Surely, Lucas wasn't calling for anything good. If he wasn't calling to scheme against her or insult her for the speech she had made the previous night, then what could he possibly want?
The phone continued to vibrate in her hand, Lucas's name flashing persistently on the screen. Without a second thought, Evie declined the call and quietly switched her phone off altogether.
She picked up her boarding pass and walked toward the gate for her First Class flight to London, UK, with Rosemary following closely by her side.
...
The eight-hour flight to the United Kingdom was exactly as Evie liked it. It was so calm and peaceful. She and Rosemary chatted for a while, but once Rosemary drifted off to sleep, Evie put on her headphones and lost herself in the music of her favorite artist.
