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.

a word of it. “Not as sordid as I think? So you just kissed and hugged, but

Nyla’s eyes flashed with cold anger. “You don’t know what happened last night.

her off. “Don’t use Valarie as an excuse. Nyla, I already told you this was your

icy, and Nyla had a bad feeling. She quickly said, “If you don’t believe me, I can explain everything when you come back

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

he wouldn’t answer. She clutched her phone tightly, her heart sinking.

place last night. Nothing happened between us. If you don’t believe

I arrived, she had fallen from

me when you see this

they seemed to vanish into thin air. Clark did not

feared he might impulsively give her father’s

it were on fire–agonizing and

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

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