My Great Escape Led Me to You (Emily Blair) novel Chapter 1157

He still hadn’t figured out a reason that Emily would buy, one that wouldn’t make him look bad in her eyes. For now, he just wanted to avoid talking about it altogether.

But of course, things never go the way you want. Emily happened to catch the little “typing…” bubble pop up on her screen, floating there for a second before disappearing.

She waited. Two whole minutes went by. Still no message from Tristan.

She couldn’t take it anymore and texted first. “Are you still busy?”

Tristan saw her message and just froze. He clenched his jaw, ran his hand through his damp hair, and let out a frustrated sound. Everything about him screamed inner turmoil.

Emily had seen the bubble. There was no hiding now.

He gripped his phone and brought up the keyboard. His thumb hovered as he typed the first word, “I.” Then he stopped, just… stuck.

His mind was blank, totally empty. After a few seconds, he dropped his head and raked his fingers through his hair again, even more irritated, and erased everything in the chat box.

He took a deep breath, looked up, and started typing with a serious look on his face. “Yeah, but Andrew started it. He provoked me. I couldn’t hold back, so I…” His fingers paused again.

He stared at the words, hesitated, and then slowly deleted the whole thing. Would Emily think he was just some guy with a bad temper, someone who couldn’t control himself?

He sighed and tried again. “It was me. Sorry. I got emotional and hit Andrew…” But then he deleted “hit Andrew” and changed it to “got into a fight with Andrew. I know it was wrong and I’ll reflect on it.”

He stared at this new version and just sat there, silent.

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