Chapter 84 : Don't tell me

Emily

I come back home late in the evening. Following the week, no major work has been done yet. Christian left the lunch abruptly and I'm still unable to figure out what the hell was wrong with him suddenly.

He panicked right after I told him Thea was there. After that, he didn't come back to the office. When I called Ivanna, she told me everything was fine.

Weird!

As I weakly walk towards the room, I find Kane barging out while clinging to his backpack on his back.

"Hey, are you going somewhere?" I ask in surprise.

"Yeah. Got to know about a village near Boston. I have a gut feeling that Lyra Hayes is there", he tells me.

So, this time he's so determined to hunt down that couple at any cost.

"I was about to call you. But I just woke up in the afternoon. So—" he decreases the gap between us, leaning down to my face.

I close my eyes shut with his lips landing on mine. We kiss for a long minute before he slowly parts away and locks my invisible her behind my ear, as he always do