Holding back

Chapter 43

BIANCA’S POV

Despite all that, simply remembering how bad and dirty and detrimental the consequences might turn out to be, I stopped myself from saying anything to her. And that was when the perfect idea for a cover up popped up in my head.

“Bianca?... Are you still there?” She only calls me by my full name when something serious is happening. And right now, to her, this was some serious shit.

“Yeah,” my eyes watered but I held them in check. “I just received a text from him. He said he’s at the gym.”

“Okay,” she breathed out in relief.

“I’ll go tell him right away…”

“No…no,” she stopped me. “Let him build his muscles in peace, we’ll just shift it to evening instead, around 4pm. Do well to let him know before then.”

“Alright, I’ll talk to you later, bye,” I hurriedly said, hoping to end the call before my emotions became too evident. If they did, she’ll definitely find out because my voice wasn’t good at hiding it and she’ll bombard me with another round of difficult unan