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[Please note: We're still in Crystal's POV - the morning when Callan visited her]
And so, he came in, walking like a king as usual. He went straight to the kitchen, dropping the groceries he bought on the counter top. I followed him and stood beside him, leaning on the counter top. As he put the goods out of the bag, he looked at me from head to foot, and clicked his tongue.
The nerve of this bratt! I scoffed and rolled my eyes the moment he did that to me. How dare he!
"You know," Callan started, "you shouldn't open doors and welcome anyone when you're still on your bathrobes. Especially if the visitor is a man."
"Oh," I was taken aback. So that's why he was clicking his tongue. "Well, I only did it because I know it's you anyway."
