“Show me your ID,” the officer replied gruffly.
The bald man looked a little impatient, but he had no choice but to fish through his pockets for his ID.
This was the perfect chance to escape!
Caleb and I exchanged knowing glances. Then, he jumped to the back seat while I adjusted the backrest immediately. Before the bald man could look over, I started the car and sped off.
I didn’t slow down until I was sure that we weren’t being followed.
Finally, I pulled to a stop on the side of the road.
“Is your hand okay? Did I hurt you?”
As soon as I parked the car, I immediately turned on the Light to check on Caleb’s hand. “Is it serious? Do you want to go to the hospital?”
But now that I could see his hand under the light of the car, I found out that I had been worried over nothing. His hand was perfectly fine.
“You lied to me?” I slowly raised my head to look at him, dumbfounded.
Caleb smiled at me slyly.
“Hey, your bite did hurt, you know.”
No, it didn’t!
“Caleb, do you think this is funny?” I questioned him angrily.
Seeing that I was pissed off with him, Caleb stopped smiling. He cleared his throat and said, “I didn’t mean to mess with you, okay? I just wanted to know if I meant anything to you.”
Then he looked at me happily, with a tinge of pride in his eyes.
“It turns out that you do care about me, don’t you? You’re my mate, Debra.”
I knew that he wasn’t wrong, but I refused to admit it.
How could he talk about this with me while he was engaged to another woman?
It was so ridiculous!
“Caleb, stop it. I already have Harlan, and you already have Janiya.”
With a straight face, I lied through my teeth.
“Harlan and I came to
Roz Town to start a new Life. Soon, we’ll mark each other and get married.”
The second I mentioned Harlan, Caleb’s expression darkened. Truth be told, I was secretly pleased.
