Chapter 5
As Camilla spoke, she snapped the computer shut and effortlessly pulled Declan to his feet. She rifled through his pockets, retrieving his phone.
Once she stuffed the phone into her pocket, she waved for the security guards to come in. Without a second glance at Declan, still standing there in shock, she issued her orders.
“Remember this face. Whenever you see her, throw her out. Don’t let her set foot in the company. If I find out she’s been here, I’ll fire all of you,” she added, her voice cold.
The guards exchanged wary glances before quickly seizing Declan and dragging him out.
It wasn’t until he was halfway out the door that Declan seemed to realize what was happening. Clutching the doorframe, he called back, shouting, “I’ll give you the password! I’ll help pay off the debts!”
Camilla, however, didn’t even bother to look at him. Using Declan’s fingerprint, she unlocked his phone.
She opened one app after another: PayPal, banking apps–she went through everything with a smirk growing on her face. The more she searched, the more her eyes sparkled, and she muttered to herself, “I’ve hit the jackpot!”
Declan, on the other hand, was tossed out into the street, penniless and without a phone or keys.
With nowhere to go, he wandered aimlessly, stopping strangers to ask for a phone so he
could call me.
By the time I landed and switched off airplane mode, I had over sixty missed calls from
him.
Chuckling to myself, I sat down with my mother at a restaurant, ordered, and casually picked up the phone.
Having been trying to reach me for a whole day, Declan was not in the best mood. His voice exploded on the other end the moment I answered, his frustration evident in every word.
“Louisa! What the hell? I thought you died! I called you over sixty times, and not a single one of them went through!”
Fine. It seemed he wasn’t going straight to the point and was just trying to vent.
I rolled my eyes and, still chewing on a bite of food, responded, “Why should I pick up? Are you calling to let me know when your funeral is? How impatient.”
He faltered on the other end, the line going quiet for a moment.
I could almost hear him taking a breath before he was about to speak again.
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Before he could, I hung up, swiftly blocking the number he had called from.
I figured it belonged to a passerby. Good luck trying to find another phone to borrow and bothering me under the hot sun.
A small punishment for a cheating jerk–exactly what he deserved!
Later that day, after a little sightseeing and relaxing in the hotel’s bathtub, I turned off airplane mode again.
Declan was now at a security office in a park, clutching a guard’s phone and repeatedly dialing my number.
The moment my phone buzzed with an incoming call, I answered, and his voice, no longer angry, came through faintly.
“Did you switch our bodies? Hurry up and switch us back.”
I couldn’t help but laugh, though I pretended to be confused.
“Wait, has that been bothering you? But I thought you loved Camilla! Shouldn’t you be thrilled about this?”
I started singing, just to annoy him a little more.
“Take you back to every memory, hold you close like it’s meant to be, through the highs and all the lows, I’ll never let you go…
“Honey, she’s your true love. Are you sure you want to let her go now?”
I could hear him fall silent on the other end.
But I could also picture him pulling the phone away and slapping himself hard a few times, no doubt cursing me under his breath.
After a few moments of heavy breathing, he attempted to sound normal again.
“That doesn’t concern you. You’re the reason we swapped bodies, so you have to fix it, or-
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Before he could finish, I interrupted.
“Or what? What are you going to do if I don’t, huh?”
I could practically hear his hand hovering in the air, ready to slap himself again.
This time, he didn’t even try to hide it, slapping his own face with force and muttering insults about me being vile and evil.
I couldn’t help but burst into uncontrollable laughter, quickly hanging up again.
I was on a five–day tour, after all. I wouldn’t be back until then.
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As a show of sincerity, I’d wait until I got back to resolve this face–to–face.
Declan, kicked out and without a place to go, found himself utterly miserable.
He had nowhere to return to, no money, and for the next five days, all he could do was wander through parks.
On the rare occasion when things were better, he could find an empty bench under a streetlamp and get a few hours of sleep.
But on the bad nights, he couldn’t even rest, always wary of local thugs who might try to mess with him.
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