Compromise

Angelica

It wasn’t long before I remembered what I had to do and it took all my effort to not look as troubled as I was. What if Miles found out Spider was tracking him down and evaded before he could get caught?

I didn’t doubt Spider’s skills. There was no target he couldn’t get hold of. Miles would be a piece of cake, but I couldn’t help worrying nonetheless.

“I’m watching a movie with Spider.” I announced before we got too far. “I’ll take a cab.”

“I can drop you off.” He offered.

“It’s alright.” I turned it down with a smile to soften it. He was not offering me a ride to be a gentleman. Any man could be a gentleman except Curtis Arciero. He only wanted to make sure I was going to Spider’s house—which was exactly where I was going. It was for the best. The easiest way to make him drop whatever suspicions he had of me was to make him think I was up to something and then prove him wrong. It would fuck with his head. Besides, what if he dropped me off at Spider’s but insisted on