THAT SCANDAL.

King held the car for Payton and waited till she entered before he joined her after throwing at Max another cold glance.

He clasped his hands together as the car drove out of the compound and they sat side by side in silence.

After a while of sitting in silence, King swallowed and turned to look at Payton who looked out of the window.

“H… how is your dad? Is he okay?”

Payton nodded her head and sighed. “Yes. It’s just a migraine.”

Their eyes met and the memory of them kissing came crashing in which made Payton tear her eyes off him hurriedly.

She breathed out in the silence that had fallen in the car and then dropped her index finger on her lips.

What were they thinking by kissing each other?

King nodded his head as he saw the discomfort on her face and reaction.

He would accept other things, but not the awkwardness between them over a kiss.

Their relationship was not good, so the least they needed was the awkwardness that was going to set in because of a kiss.

“A… about earlier—”

“It