“Get up!” I implored anxiously. “What if Lyle barges in and sees us together? There would be a lot of people with him. All of his wicked friends.” I shoved him again. If he wanted to be with me, we cannot be seen together yet.

 

“Alright. Give me a kiss, and I will obey you, albeit reluctantly.” Christopher rubbed his eyes and sat up. Without his usual mischief, coupled with his disheveled hair, he looked just like a child forced to wake up before he had slept his fill.

 

The voices outside grew more intense; it wasn’t the time to argue. I hurriedly kissed him on the cheek so that he would leave.

the window. To my amazement, he crawled out of it like in the movies and disappeared out of sight. I hurried over to

back to wink before disappearing into the shade of the foliage. At the exact moment, the door swung open, revealing Lyle at the entrance with a stony expression. Behind him, Sabrina winked at me and peered around Lyle to confirm that Christopher had left before

that I was already awake and that displeased him. “Why didn’t you come out since you were awake?” He shouted. “Do you have anyone hiding in

accuse me of? I ignored him,

it through. It was a pet peeve of mine which he did so often

 

I could do was to

summon another one of your boys to lie in wait in my room before inviting a crowd over to witness my shame? Heck, why don’t you call the elders too? If this gets blown out of proportion, no amount of explaining would clear

fact, I felt a guilty twinge in my conscience for saying those things because I was already involved with Christopher. But Lyle’s antics and his unwillingness to grant me a divorce had absolved

 

Eve. I couldn’t stop this

better to remain silent,” Lyle snarled. Turning

scumbag? Try and harm Eve again with me here and see what happens. In a world of scumbag men, one as scummy as

looking over Sabrina at

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