Chapter 69

Weeks had passed and Layla couldn’t get over Zev’s response after their almost heart-to-heart talk that one afternoon. She thought he would tell her what she wanted to know, but the man just gave her a shrug while saying, “If you trust me, then you shouldn’t worry about anything else when you’re beside me. I’ll take care of everything, and you just have to do some errands in return,” was what Zev told her before leaving her alone in the jungle.

Layla was so pissed that she chased away all the boars strolling around that area until she exhausted herself. She went back to the mansion in the evening and found more people. When she inquired about the sudden ‘increase in ’ of their number, Zev told her about Lucian’s ‘friends’ who were going to stay with them from then on. She didn’t say anything about it since she knew she had no right to complain. Besides, having more people could be beneficial for her once she decided to sneak out. Zev would have to keep an eye on eve