Chapter 34

Emma’s POV

When my car arrives at the address Roberta sends me, I see her waving her hand at me and saying “Welcome.”

I get out of my car, she beckons me to come over, I find myself nodding and crossing the garden and suddenly the front door opens, Ryan is right there in his jacket.

I disconcertedly blink, “Ryan? Why you are here?”

He gives me a big hug and says, “Roberta is my aunt.”

What the F-uck?

“Come in, the house smells of biscuits and bread, aunt is cooking for us.”

“Er,” I sniff the air, it’s true. The house smells sweet and nice.

I feel myself grin. It’s nice, actually, to see Ryan smiles at me again, though I feel hyper-visible and abashed.

He whispers in my ear, "aunt is good at cooking, don't die before dessert."

I start to giggle as his hand on my shoulder, leads the charge out of the room and toward the dining hall.

“Emma, sit! I can see Ryan and you are very familiar, are you friends?”

My body stiffens, it's hard to lie to her because she knows me well and can see thro