Chapter 9

We sat there in silence with him watching me put a fry in my mouth one after the other. I could feel his eyes on me. A million of questions running through his head.

Raising my head slightly so that my eyes were at a level with his, I cleared my throat,

"I can explain everything, it's not what you think"

Ooh yeah like telling him to lie for you so that you can escape your boss' mansion is not something to overthink about.

"You don't have to,"he merely stated,"it's none of my business who you are with but that,"he paused pointing to my now slightly reddish wrists,"that is an indication that he is not right for you. Does his sister know? Elen have you even reported him?"

The condemnation was overly laced in his voice. Truth is, I wanted to badly tell him that Sir Niklaus was not my lover. That he was not the one who did that to me. That I would never in a million years sleep with someone like Niklaus Rogers and yet the last part had me curious.

"You ... you know his sister?"

With a que