Chapter 14 - Ivan Smith, her ex-boyfriend!

“I’ve been trying to call you but your phone is unreachable.” Adrian said before adding, “I came home to tell you about it when I saw you and my mom having a nice conversation.” His voice was laced with sarcasm.

“I should be thanking my phone then for being unreachable when you needed to tell me something important.”

“Listen, I don’t want to argue with you. And yes, you should be thanking your phone for being unreachable. If it hadn’t, I wouldn’t have come back home to save you from my mom.”

Liz scoffed. “As if I needed you to save me from her!”

“Look who’s talking!” Adrian muttered to himself but Liz heard him.

“I didn’t need you, okay. I’d have listened to her taunting till she’d have gotten tired of me and left.” Liz simply said. “What worse would she have done to me?”

Adrian couldn’t believe her. “Words cut deeper than a knife.”

“So? What are you trying to say?”

“You were about to cry when I’d arrived. If I hadn’t come then, God knows what would have happened to you if I ha