Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 199

“Asshole.” I gritted my teeth and cursed under my breath.

Dexter was getting out of hand.

After all he’d done to me, now he was gunning for Colin.

I was fuming and ready to storm the orphanage to expose his two–faced nature, but Colin grabbed my arm.

He looked at me with those big, sad puppy eyes. “Phoebe, it’s going to get soggy.”

I could see how much it meant to him, waiting in line for ages just to get it. It would break his heart if I refused.

Now I got why they say ‘beauty is a mighty weapon.‘ It’s disarmingly effective. There he stood. under the streetlamp, his eyes brimming with a mix of vulnerability and plea. How could anyone say no?

I took the fried mushrooms he offered me and took a bite, and they were indeed crispy, fresh out of the fryer.

Colin couldn’t have been at the orphanage; he was with me, his alibi as solid as they come.

“Phoebe, are they good?” he asked, leaning in close.

Under the dim glow of the streetlight, my heart skipped a beat. “You… you didn’t have any?”

He suddenly kissed me, then said firmly, “Delicious.”

my heart was racing. When he flirted, he was anything but a fool. I’d suspected him

the awkward silence, looking down and continuing to munch

mushrooms.

reached out for my hand, leading me home. “Phoebe, I think

let me go.

followed close behind us, tail wagging, hopeful for a taste of the fried mushrooms in my hand. I tossed it a piece, whispering to Colin, “Is this

a pup, abandoned by the roadside. I took it in, and it’s been following

of mushroom. “It’s such

the true nature of things, the things we can’t. It’s loyal

1/2

10:10

Chapter 199

think much of his

and obedient around me, always wagging its tail. I’d always

Colin suddenly said as we were getting

bed.

up both hands, wrapped in bandages,

for my help. Was he

muttered, “Just

important,” Colin insisted earnestly.

twitched. ‘Hygiene‘? This coming from a guy who’d