CHAPTER 17

CARMEN

“Run away with you?” I asked Dave, my brows coming together in a frown. “Where could we possibly go?”

“Anywhere. Heck, we could even go out of the country. I don’t want to remain like this. I don’t like how close but far apart we are. Just tell me you’ll go with me, please.” He took my hands and gently squeezed them as he looked at me with the same desperation he had looked at me with earlier in the bathroom.

“And how would we do that?” I raised my brow.

“I have a mature fund. I could pull it out and take us anywhere. It’s more than enough for us to start a new life together.”

I do not doubt that Dave had enough money for our survival if we ran away, but the running away part was scary to think about. It had never crossed my mind and, now that Dave brought it up, it didn’t sound so bad an idea, but I knew it wasn’t the best one.

I sighed with a nod.

“I’ll run away with you…if telling them doesn’t work out,” I gave him my condition.

“Telling who?” He knew that I was talking abou