Hiding My Heart

Zoe Bradley woke up, feeling baffled after what she saw in her dream. It was Patrick, kissing her passionately. She sighed deeply. Of course it wasn't real. Patrick left her. He's gone. 

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Patrick Myers was driving along the busy streets of New York when a car swerved and hit his car. The other car had gotten all the impact so he wasn't really hurt. People were shocked and they were crowding on the scene when Patrick went out of his car. He went to check on the other car to see if the driver was okay and that was when he noticed that it was a woman. He called for help but the woman stirred and went out of her car, shaking her head slightly and she had a bump on her head. It was a good thing she had an airbag. She glared at him and Patrick just stared at her.

"You hit me!" The woman shouted. 

"As far as I know, you're the one who crashed my car." Patrick said calmly. 

"I-" 

"Why don't you just pay for the damage and let's forget about all of these?" Patrick suggested calmly. 

"I-yes." She said and went inside her car to get her bag and rummaged through it. "Here's my card, just call me." 

Patrick took the card from her and then said, "Okay." 

"I'm sorry." She said and went inside her car and drove away.

Patrick was left standing there, gaping at the trail the woman had made. He only moved when a car honked because they had caused traffic. He went inside his car and drove home. When he arrived, he checked on the card and found out who she was. Zoe Bradley, freelance writer. 

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Zoe rose from her bed groggily and went to her kitchen to prepare some coffee. She heaved a deep sigh. She missed those times when a coffee was already waiting for her on the bedside table which Patrick had prepared for her. She then went back to her room to grab her laptop and carried both of it right outside her flat veranda, which is her favourite place when she is writing. 

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Patrick immediately called Zoe as soon as he had read the card. When he called, it rang a few times and went into voicemail. He hung up and tried again. After the second ring, she picked up.

"Hello?" Zoe said. "May I know who's speaking?" 

"Hello." Patrick said. "I'm Patrick Myers. I'm from earlier, the one you hit?" 

"Oh yes." Zoe said. "I'm going to pay you, don't worry." 

"Oh, I just thought that maybe we could forget about that." Patrick said. 

"Why?" Zoe asked. 

"I called if you wanted to go out with me?" Patrick said, unsurely. 

"Oh." Zoe said, sounding surprised. She did not speak for a moment so Patrick was pacing. 

"Zoe?" Patrick said. 

"I'm still here." She said. "When?" 

"Tonight maybe?" He suggested. "I know a good place." 

"Sounds great." Zoe said. "Meet you there around eight?" 

"Sure." Patrick said with delight. 

"Great." Zoe said and hung up the phone and smiled.

She only had just realised, she's going out on a date with the man she had an accident with.

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