All Chapters of Accidentally Finding My Perfect Match : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Edith’s POV“Here is your change, miss,” The cab driver uttered, stretching a ten dollar bill to me.“Thanks,” I replied, before collecting the money and shutting the door.I had just gotten back from work. I had journeyed home alone as Yvonne was still stuck in a work meeting.Thankfully, today had been packed with meetings for Caruso, so I didn’t have to get seared by his intense leering, nor had I actually allowed myself to look him in the eye.In all honesty, I was more scared that I wouldn’t be able to control myself if he so much as darted me one of his knee-weakening, dark stares.Now, I had less than three weeks left here in New Jersey.Each time I remembered that, my heart would lurch in a sullen spiral, just like it did at that very moment.Inhaling sharply, I treaded the well manicured bushes of my apartment building, just as I heard the sound of footsteps behind me.With my heart sinking in my stomach, I stopped and turned around. But to my utter surprise, I saw no one.I

Edith’s POVThe incessant ringing of my phone pervaded my line of hearing, forcing me out of unconsciousness.Puffing, I peeled my eyes open and beheld the mammoth walls of Caruso’s headquarters office, my brain instantly registering the tumultuous occurrences of yesterday, as the phone stopped ringing.Before my mind could wander, my phone started blasting the screeching tropical sound that was my ringtone, with a sharper intensity this time.As I sat up to grab the device, I noticed the thick, woolen blanket atop me, a well of warmth dredging itself in my heart, as I imagined Caruso covering me with it after our rendezvous last night.Right then, I remembered how he’d basically tagged me a responsibility, which was tantamount to being a liability to him.Instantly, I shook off the delicious feeling in my chest and grabbed my chiming phone off the table in front of me.Without checking the caller ID, I answered the call and held the phone against my left ear.“Hello, Miss Tanner. Thi

Edith’s POV“Have you fully settled in Canada now?” I asked Yvonne, my phone wedged between my shoulder and right ear, as I locked our apartment’s door.“Kind of,” She replied, her voice connoted with exhaustion, “I can feel this crazy headache forming and I don’t like that because I have a meeting in five minutes.”“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, babes,” I responded, trekking into the elevator, “Have you taken pain killers?”“I hate medications, babes,” Yvonne groaned, and I huffed, a smile playing at the corner of my lips, “As soon as I’m done with the meeting, I will take a long nap.”“That is a great idea,” I said, “I will leave you to prepare for your meeting. I am also on my way to work now.”“Alright, babes. Have a great day at work and try not to miss me too much,” She uttered.Smiling, I shook my head in amusement.“Okay, I won’t. Likewise you.”Thereafter, I ended the call, just as the elevator dinged and the doors slid open.My new plan was to tell Yvonne the truth when she re

Caruso’s POV “What else have you found about the shooter?” I asked Oscar as we walked into Zelda’s cafe. “He has a tattoo, an amateurishly drawn scorpion on his nape,” He said, holding out his phone. Looking at the screen, I saw a zoomed blurry image of the fucker on the dispatch bike he’d ridden to Kingston, the tattoo blotchy like it was made by a five year old. “Keep looking.” I replied, before walking ahead of him to the counter, which was being manned by a young lad, “Where is the manager?” “Who are you?” He asked, looking me up and down tentatively. “My wife was shot by a man masquerading as a delivery guy of this cafe,” I replied, and before he could ask another question, I unlocked my phone and showed him the glitchy video of the shooting that Oscar had gotten from a CCTV at Kingston. His eyes gaped in horror, as he pointed to the left, “The first room.” “Good.” I said, motioning to Oscar. A day had passed since Edith was shot at Kingston, with the search for the shoo

Caruso’s POV“Ow,” Edith whimpered, her hand reaching for mine as the nurse dressed her wound.Seeing her in pain made my chest sizzle with a weird softness tinged with sympathy.I kept my gaze fixated on Edith, so I wouldn’t flare up at the nurse who was innocently doing her job.Grasping her hand tenderly, I watched her features relax as the nurse finished bandaging her up.“Better?” I asked, and Edith nodded, her gaze dropping to our intertwined hands.Instantly, she pulled away, and I felt an odd sharpness strike my guts.“Yes.” Edith mumbled, steering her gaze to the nurse.It had been two days since she regained consciousness, and ever since, it was as though she was trying to avoid me for reasons unknown to me.Although I couldn’t understand why I did, I hated it.My phone buzzed in my pocket then, causing me to reluctantly look away from Edith.Oscar’s name was displayed as the caller id.“I will be right back.” I told Edith, who gave me a stiff nod in response, without lookin