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.

believe a word of it. “Not as sordid as I think? So

with cold anger. “You don’t know what happened last

I already told you this

and Nyla had a bad feeling. She quickly said, “If you don’t believe me,

I’m smart enough to judge for myself,” Clark said

back, he wouldn’t answer. She clutched her phone tightly, her heart sinking. Taking a deep breath, she hurriedly sent him a series

just stayed at Uncle Damon’s place last night. Nothing happened between us. If you

but when I arrived, she had fallen from the building right in front of me. I was in shock, and Uncle Damon happened to

call me when you see this message, and

but they seemed to vanish into thin

not worried about him misunderstanding her–she feared he might impulsively give her

heart felt as though it were

Clark, she would have insisted on returning last night.

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