"Riley Thompson, would it kill you to just say everything at once?" Jude was full of anticipation, waiting for Roy Thompson's answer. Who would have thought this rascal would stop halfway through? It made him want to smack him!
"Bro, I did it on purpose. Who told you to act like such a big iceberg with no warmth at all?" Roy chuckled on the other end of the line. Hearing Jude's heavy breathing, he mischievously blinked and quickly said everything he wanted to say in one breath.
"Bro, wasn't it that Lily almost got bullied by that brute, Simon Sawyer? If she were in Silvercrest, she would have dealt with that scum herself. But ever since she came to Aethel, she hasn't been as confident as she used to be. To be honest, she seems timid."
