Chapter 0003

“But you could invite me over, I am just one person.” I teased hoping she would change her mind, but she shook her head and I knew it was time to abort that mission.

The attraction I was having for her was starting to turn physical and I didn’t know if that was a good or bad thing. I knew I still wanted to hang out with her some more, so I kept trying my luck.

“You said you would be traveling back tomorrow?” I asked and she nodded.

“Yes, I wish I could stay longer but I don’t want to piss off my new boss,” I felt sad that she was leaving, and I knew it was just a two hours drive away, but this wasn’t someone I would just get into my car and go see. We barely knew each other; it would have been creepy as hell. So my only hope was if she came back, or visited and thought of seeing me.

“When will you return?” I asked.

“Probably at the engagement party, if Clay decides to hold one, she doesn’t normally enjoy such parties.” She said with a shrug.

I sighed giving up. What that meant was that there was a chance I was never going to see her again.

So I made it a point to ask for her number before we went our separate ways. I wasn’t going to just lean on the fact that she would call me when she had never called me back even though I gave her my card. I knew maybe chasing the attraction I had for her would be a wild goose chase, but I sure as hell knew I still wanted our conversations to go on.

Then while we were busy chatting and I kept staring at her as she laughed her heart out at my stupid jokes which I felt I was trying so hard to make, my phone rang.

On checking the caller, it was Lilith.

I groaned in frustration and excused myself and she nodded before walking away.

I checked my phone again for a moment contemplating whether I wanted to ruin the good moment I was having with Millie for a booty call, but I was a man, and the booty call was definitely going to win. So I walked over to the balcony and picked up the call.

At first, I was a little surprised that she called me because we hadn’t talked for months; especially after I found out she really did steal Tobias’s ring and my Rolex. I had tried so hard to find her, but she just disappeared from the face of this earth, and I have to say for a man as resourceful as I am, she knew how to hide. So saying I was a little surprised she called would be an understatement. But then I had slept with her a couple of times, and I was paying her well, maybe she wanted some money. Or who knows, maybe she wanted to confess to her crimes.

Let’s just say, I didn’t expect the news she was going to give me when I answered that phone call.

That is one thing that to this day still shakes me to my core.

“Hello.”

“Hey, Abel,” The tone of her voice sounded a little off, but I didn’t want to focus on that, at least not at that moment.

“Are you ready to confess you tricked me?” I asked and then there was a long silence that followed. For a moment there I had even thought she had hanged up the call, only to check and realize she was still on.

“No.” I was taken aback by that.

I didn’t know much about Lilith, hell it wasn’t even my job to know much about her. She was just a one-night stand that kind of extended the contract a little longer because I happened to like her services, so I wouldn’t exactly tell if she was being real at the time.

“You’re a con, and I am going to have you arrested for that,” I told her and I swear I could hear her chuckle on the other end.

“If you can find me.” She said and I felt frustrated that I was stupid enough to let her in. I always thought I was the smartest person around, but she had tricked me.

“Why did you call then?” It was obvious she wasn’t feeling guilty for stealing from me and my friend, so I was interested to know why she didn’t think calling me would be a mistake and went ahead to do it.

“Can we switch to video?” I creased my brows.

“What? No, I’m at a party.”

“I know, Tobias’s birthday party, I could send you photos or we could just switch to video that way you can see for yourself.” I didn’t understand what she meant by that, so I switched the call to video and she was standing in what looked like a bathroom with something in her hand. She looked different. More like sick. Like she had been crying