Enchanted Nightfall: Falling for Destiny

Chapter 56

She wasn’t playing hard to get; that was all.

Snow returned to the house he hadn’t visited in ages, never expecting a chance encounter would bring such entertainment.

Early in the morning, Quintessa was rudely awakened by the relentless ringing of her cellphone.

Groggy, she felt her head aching from the persistent noise. Curious as to who could be calling, she stumbled around the room, eventually finding the culprit. It was the phone Tyrone had given her the day before.

“Damn it.” She grumbled, ruffling her hair in frustration. “Didn’t I turn this thing off yesterday? How’d it turn back on by itself?”

It must’ve been set to automatically power on in the morning. Annoyed, Quintessa picked up the phone to see Tyrone’s number flashing on the screen.

Her first instinct was to hang up immediately. But no sooner had she ended the call than the phone rang again.

teeth, she knew if she didn’t answer, Tyrone – that son

breath, Quintessa answered the

“Hello.”

bad, you actually picked up.”

but scoff internally, glossing it over leisurely, “What are you on about? Why wouldn’t I answer? You make it sound like I’ve done something wrong. I haven’t

Tyrone’s calls. Why should she jump

if he wanted to get laid, she wouldn’t give him the satisfaction until she got

were suckers for a chase. Gave in too easily, and how could she enamor

the other. His face was a mask of calm, betraying

stand him up

of

he said “yes“, nobody dared say “no” in his presence. Quintessa had kept him waiting all night, and he wasn’t going to let it slide

an apology, acting as if

in exasperation, “Quintessa, you’re quite something. Do you really think these amateurish games will work on me?”

bottle of water from the fridge, “You flatter me, Mr. York,

“You never planned on showing up last night, did you?”