Chapter Forty Nine

SINFUL OBSESSION

CHAPTER FORTY NINE 

MELISSA.

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"Leave it to you to bring me this surprise, when I thought we would have to wait" He patted Rick's shoulders twice, his expression seeming almost proud. 

I stared at the man unflinchingly. 

The silence echoed after his statement. His second one since the moment the door had pushed opened. 

Except for the sounds of their approaching footsteps which were heavy against the cold tiled floor, there was nothing, except maybe the heavy pounding of my heart.

I stood still where I stood, barely aware of the sound of the seconds slowly ticking past from the wall clock on the side of the room.

I didn't know for how long past, we both stared at each other. Studying the other. He was perhaps searching my gaze for shock, or maybe it was terror, I was supposed to feel at seeing him, this was the surprise Rick was talking about giving me, and even though I had fully anticipa