Chapter 56

The drive to the manor was marked by silence, the car carrying her quiet demeanor, leaning against the window, fixated on the view outside.

They were both in the passenger seat, and he made no move to close the distance between them. If she thought she needed it, then that was fine.

Fuck! That was so close he couldn't stop thinking that if they were a couple of minutes early, that could have been their last.

If she weren't also threatened, he would have laughed it off. Speak of a narrow escape.

But she was pretty shaken; even now, time and again, the shivers came abruptly. It startled her when she least expected it, but then she inhaled deeply and kept herself in check again.

It could have been anyone, lying in wait, ready to stick that against the car, that that person had watched his most private moment with her, had him raging.

He looked at her; how bad was her shock? Did people need a doctor for this kind of thing, or did they get over it as time passed?

Damn, he was terrible a