Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

Chapter 199

Nyla bit her lower lip hard, not letting go even when she tasted blood.

After a long moment, she finally said coldly, “Clark, is that all you can do?!”

“You’re the one pushing me. I just wanted to know where you were last night. That’s all. If you refuse to tell me, it only makes me think you’re hiding something,” Clark insisted.

Nyla took a deep breath and enunciated each word, “I stayed at your uncle’s house last night.”

The phone call fell into a suffocating silence.

Nyla could clearly hear Clark’s breathing becoming heavier. She continued slowly. “Valarie had an accident last night. I was emotionally unstable, and Uncle Damon was worried I might overthink things if I went home, so-”

Clark sneered. “So he took you to his house? Nyla, don’t tell me nothing happened between the two of you alone!”

“There was service staff in his house, and it wasn’t as sordid as you imagine!” Nyla countered.

I think? So you just kissed and

“You don’t know what happened

an excuse. Nyla, I already told you this was your

bad feeling. She quickly said, “If you don’t believe me, I can explain everything when you come back from your

need for an explanation. I’m smart enough to judge for myself,”

her heart sinking. Taking a deep breath, she hurriedly sent him a series

Nothing happened between us. If you don’t believe me,

arrived, she had fallen from the building right in

see this message, and Пl explain everything slowly.

vanish into thin air.

about him misunderstanding her–she feared he might impulsively give her father’s kidney

heart felt as though it were on fire–agonizing and

Clark, she would have insisted on returning last night. But it was

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