Chapter 44

We were having dinner and in his presence I was forgetting everything only to focus on him entirely. Curling my lips in a smile, I rested my elbow on the table, to catch a proper glimpse of his face.

“Saafia, listen.” He called, shaking his head at my keen gaze with a faint smile, focusing on his food.

“Hmm?”

“We might have to go to a couple’s event. Jared and Veronica would be there too.” He said vaguely.

“From them, are you done with your revenge? You sent him to jail, I came to know you got him beaten too. You humiliated him, aren’t you done yet?” I sighed in return, straightening my back, motioning to him to look up at me.

He frowned, grip becoming firm on the fork with a clenched jaw, “No-”

He was about to growl and express his hatred but curling my lips downwards, I put my hand over his, vanishing the hint of fury.

He was taken aback as I gave his hand an assuring squeeze, flashing a kind smile to stop him from walking down this path.

“Dariel, please, it’s been five months.