Chapter 220: 'Deep down, You don't want me gone'

ROSE

‘Where’ve you been?’ Richard stopped me. Hands on my shoulders, he bent slightly to squint at me . ‘And why’s your face so red?’

‘I hate Rum.’ The whisper slipped out before I could stop it.

And I watch a huge grin of a face levelled with mine. ‘Now you’re talking!’ He wrapped his arms around me and squeezed me tightly. ‘I know you’ll come through! You like me more, do you? I knew it!’

How the hell did he come to that conclusion? Ah, whatever.

I nudged at him and he released me. ‘Where are you going?’ I asked, still feeling like a grape and a charcoal at the same time.

‘To watch someone get slapped,’ he whispered, not hiding his eager tone, as his finger laced through mine. ‘Let’s go!’

‘Who?’ I muttered, not in the mood for anything except slapping that stupid, womanising Alpha. There’s no other reason why he was with Sherry.

And the van had rocked a little. I swear.

‘Apparently, it’s three slaps. Can’t wait to see a swollen, red face.’

‘SILENCE ON SET!’ Instantly, the v