Lahat ng Kabanata ng Serving The Blind Billionaire: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 34

Valentina’s POV“ Please tell me you know where we’re going,” I whisper, dragging myself a foot forward through the suffocating vent.In front of me, Angela grunts. “Up.”“That’s not an answer.”“It’s the only one you’re getting unless you want to fall through the ceiling and land in the middle of the battalion.”I stopped crawling and turned halfway, the metal creaking beneath me. My shoulders ached, my knees were bruised, and the stale air burned through my chest.“This is insane,” I hissed. “You dragged me into this, the freaking vents, Angela. And for what?”“I saved you,” she snaps. “ Would you rather be cornered by the guards?”“I’d rather not be caught at all!” I replied, “ And I wouldn’t have that worry if you just let me get back to my room and my son.”We look at each other across the narrow rooms. We were both exhausted and slightly uncomfortable with our current situation. “What happens if we do get caught?” I whispered fiercely. “You think she’ll just let us off with a w

Valentina’s POV“Angela,” I whispered, more to the sky than anything. “Why did you have to pull me into this?”“What does Angela have to do with this?”I jumped and turned. Finlay leaned out of the nearby window, arms on the sill with an unlit cigarette between two fingers.I straightened. “It’s nothing. I just remembered a distant friend.”He looked at me for a second too long, then nodded. “Huh. Didn’t peg you for sentimental.”Finlay pulled a lighter from his pocket and lit the cigarette. I moved toward the window, not sure why, and leaned beside the window. “Stress smoke?”He laughed. “Something like that. Just your average day working for your blind, emotionally constipated Master. You know.”I held back a smile. “Yeah. I know.”Finlay turned to look at me, his eyes squinting through the smoke. “You’re not as quiet as he says.”“I have my moments,” I smiled.Maybe it's the tension from the past week, or the endless risk I have taken over the last few weeks, but acting chummy to