Chapter 61

Ha. I scoffed, “Be careful?” I tilted my head, “You don't get to tell me that, Elijah. I might not ‘know’ Zade the way you know him, but he was there. He was the only one that was there.” I gritted out, feeling a bit of anger surge in me, “I'll be leaving now. Goodbye.” I turned around sharply and left. Be careful? What a load of bullshit.

I stepped outside, where Zade was waiting, he wasn't smiling and only looked straight ahead, his gold rimmed glasses sitting prettily on his nose.

“Zade.” I called out his name softly and he turned to look at me. I walked towards him, reaching out to touch the side of his lips, “You're angry.”

“Mhm.” He hummed, nuzzling my hands.

“Why?”

“Something came up.” He murmured, taking my hand in his and squeezing it. He didn't want to talk about it, “Are you done?” He asked, patting the top of my head. I groaned and playfully slapped his hands away.

“Yeah. I'm done, we can leave now.”

“So… You aren't staying… Staying here?” He enquired, raisi