All Chapters of The Single Dad Next Door Loves Me: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Halfway into his office and the doubts started to creep in. Ben led the way but turned over his shoulder more than a hundred times while we walked, like he was waiting for something.Or watching out for something.Me?“You said I needed you.” He repeated when we entered what resembled a makeshift office. He gestured to the seat right across from the desk and his chair. I took it, sinking into the leather cushion calmly, when he sat too, I turned to face him.“You know you can't keep her here forever, don't you?”He scoffed. “I don't intend to.”“So why is she here? What's making you hold her?”I didn't expect an answer, men like him never gave one. At least not a direct one, but it came anyway.“He needs to be humbled.”“Who?”Of course I could guess, I was on the same mission, but I needed to be sure of what I was hearing and not just my imagination.“Who else?”Could he have been talking about—“You're not talking about Ethan, are you?”His lips widened with a smirk. “If not him the

“I understand your motive now and it seems to me like we both want the same thing.”“I agree.” Ben said. “You want him to suffer and I want the same thing. That's why you're here, so what do you want to do about it?”“I was actually thinking of killing the girl, having him feel the very same pain I felt when my sister died but you seem to be doing a much better job.” A smile curved on my lips. “When I went to go see him, I noticed he was a different man, nothing like the pompous bastard I knew before, he was almost… in tears.”Ben almost smiled but it might have taken his power away if he showed emotions so it disappeared as quickly as it left. “Thanks, what I'm still wondering is how you said you can help me, I don't see it. What are you here for? I should have been done by now but you called me for a meeting, this is distracting me from making her pay.”“It wasn't my plan to distract you. I just want to join you.”“Join me?” He questioned. “Join me do what? I thought you said you co

“I said I didn't do it.” I repeated with emphasis on the words and my breath. “Well, you better pray what you're saying is true or else—”He didn't get to complete his words when we reached the door. His hand rounded the knob and violently, he yanked it towards him. A flood of cold breeze brushed against my face, I blinked many times, letting my eyes get used to the cold.It didn't, but there was no time to waste, without any time to waste, Ben pushed past and I followed.Outside, in the dimness of the night with an endless block of snow and warm shadows, we could do nothing.“She's not in the cabin and she's definitely not here so where on earth could she be?” Ben was growing annoyed.His face was wrinkled in a way I couldn't understand and his eyes, they stared at me. Deep into my soul with much malice.“This is all your fault.”“I didn't take her.” I reminded him, “She was in your room and I was the only person who came to your house, I didn't bring a battalion with me, try to rem

We had been driving for an hour plus.No stops, no breathers, just a long road filled with endless white snow.It kept going on and on, the more roads we covered, the longer the space.I stayed quiet throughout the trip, unsure of what else to say to him so I wouldn't seem jealous, Ethan supplemented our conversation with some music.Country music. They felt like screeching in my earbuds but I never said a word about them, not until my bladder began to fill up and I couldn't hold it any longer.“Is there somewhere where I can ease myself? I have to go now, it's really urgent.”His focus was on the road, his both hands gripping the steering wheel with precision but for that moment, he turned to glance at it me. Briefly.“Can you hold it in just for a little while longer?”“I don't think I can't.” My knees shivered, pain shot at my sides and abdomen, with the way the car jumped sometimes, I grew scared. The next bump could end with a wet seat from me.“Okay, okay, take it easy, we're al

I should have turned away.Oh for goodness sake, I should have done that. It would have been smart to do…But no. I didn't…I didn't do smart things. I closed my eyes, pretended I hadn’t seen it, and pretended he hadn’t said anything at all. We could have woken up in a few hours, acted like nothing happened, and continued pretending we were just two people stuck in the same situation.But I didn’t.I stayed there.Looking at him.Feeling everything I wasn’t supposed to feel.“You shouldn’t have said that,” I whispered, even though my voice lacked the strength to make it sound like a warning.Ethan didn’t move away. If anything, his gaze softened, like he already knew I wasn’t going to push him back.“I didn’t say it,” he replied quietly.I swallowed. “You mouthed it.”“Same difference.”“No,” I shook my head slightly, my fingers tightening in the sheets. “It’s not the same. Saying it out loud would make it… real.”His eyes held mine, steady and unyielding. “It’s already real.”That hi