Walter checked the time and said, “We are a little bit early. If this was summertime, most people would be up by now. Why don’t we wait in the car for a while before knocking on the door?”

Stacy said, “I’ll call Julian to wake him up first.”

Then she proceeded to do just that.

Julian had just started kissing Quinn in his dream and had not gotten a deeper taste of it yet when he was woken by the piercing sound of his ringing phone. When he woke up, he touched his lips, reminiscing about the kiss in his dream, and then realized it had been a dream.

It was not real.

Although Quinn had not run away and graciously faced his confession head-on, she had said she needed to think about it.

She had not given an immediate response to his feelings.

It was just that the dream had been so sweet. Damn the phone call. Who was the insensible person who called him so early in the morning and interrupted his sweet dream?

Julian instantly felt irritated.

Grabbing his phone, he picked up the call