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!"

his house, and it

didn't believe a word of it. "Not as sordid as I think? So you just kissed

cold anger. "You don't know what happened last

cut her off. "Don't use Valarie as an excuse. Nyla, I

bad feeling. She quickly said, "If you don't believe me, I can explain

I'm smart enough to judge for myself," Clark said and hung

calling back, he wouldn't answer. She clutched her phone tightly, her heart sinking. Taking a

at Uncle Damon's place last night. Nothing happened between us. If you don't believe me, you can call him

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

to vanish into thin air. Clark

about him misunderstanding her-she feared he might impulsively give her father's kidney

though it were

she would have insisted on returning

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