Chapter 26

"I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND, MARK."

That must have been the 8th time she uttered that exact sentence in the span of our thirty-minute drive from the house.

I stared at the road and kept mute at first. When I was done arranging the most suitable response in my head, as softly as possible, I smiled and said, "I said it's okay. I'm not mad, trust me."

And I wasn't.

I was relieved. Since the previous night, I had been bothered with the most not-rude way to tell Tara to leave. She was useless, anyway. Very useless.

I enjoyed my wank. If my hands and mind could bring me such pleasure when she was just a flight of stairs away, then she wasn't useful.

What broke the camel's back was her snooping around. I perfectly understood that it was okay to feel curious once in a while. But to the extent of pushing yourself into my personal space? Nah, I would never accept that. Everybody in that house knew how much distaste brewed within me when anyone did as much as go on that corridor.

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