Love on the Fast Track (Derek and Norah)

Chapter 218:

Norah sampled the cake with just two bites before setting her spoon aside. Only a small portion had been eaten, leaving the majority untouched on the plate.

“Aren’t you going to finish it?” Sean asked.

“It’s overly sweet for my taste,” Norah replied.

Sean slid a freshly poured glass of lemonade toward her, a drink he had ordered while she sampled the cake.

“This should help cut through the sweetness,” he said.

After a couple of sips, the tart lemonade mingled with the residual sweetness in Norah’s mouth. She paused and then indulged in two more sips. Despite its sweetness, dessert had a way of lifting spirits.

lighter mood, Norah casually gestured toward the bag under the table and delivered chilling news in a steady voice. “Sean, ever wonder

counted out the twenty fingers. Norah’s expression remained stoic, her voice steady

Norah, stunned. Could she really be telling the truth? He frowned and wondered what she meant by fingers. He vividly recalled the scene outside the deserted factory where Norah,

violence, the idea that she could possess a bag of human fingers

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be serious. Right?” After a brief pause, Sean’s gaze moved from the

cleared the table,

grotesque collection of human fingers. The cuts were clean,

They tore at her clothes and aggravated her injuries,

intimidating me. But escape was futile. A simple slash across their throats was all

in a merciless, unfeeling light in Sean’s eyes.

her head, she found herself enveloped in

back tenderly and added, “Do you really think so little of me? Facing those men alone must have been