Tessa had no good retort for that. Her face turned red with anger, and she frowned, ready to rebuke, but Laurel quickly stopped her, “Calm down, guys. Let’s talk this through. We don’t have to fight. It’s pointless. And we’re all safe and sound, and that’s a cause for celebration.”

Everyone fell silent, and Tessa stood up. “I’m full. You guys go ahead.” Then she went upstairs.

Tabitha and Nora said nothing, while Laurel looked at me and shifted the topic, “Are you going straight to A City after you go back, Scarlett?”

I nodded. “Yeah. I want to see my daughter.”

“You have a daughter?” She was surprised. “But you look so young. How old is your daughter now?”

“Five. Almost six, actually.”

They looked at one another, and Nora threw me a look of curiosity. “So you’re married? Does Armond know about it?”

That question was weird, but I nodded. “He does.”

girls were stunned. “He knows you’re a married woman, but he’s still that nice to you? Is he sick

like him

about it. He’s helping me out for something in return. I have something he needs, so

and also flummoxed. “Is the thing he’s looking

for this box, but I don’t know why.” I wasn’t sure who Armond was. His last

trouble to hold that auction in J City and sold off the box he had? If he wasn’t

She then

I don’t know if that’s going to change after

“Yeah, we’re besties now. Hey, I have an idea. Do you guys want to

aback by that proposal, and Tabitha looked at her. “Don’t tell me you

company with you guys if I managed to get out alive, and I did get out in one piece. We’re going to work

just got saved from one hell, and now you

hell we went through. We met by chance, and I want this friendship to go on. We come from different places, so we’re going to drift away if we have

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255