Chapter 69

Just like earlier, he drove like a maniac, and in no time at all, we were back on the plantation. He just told me to take a rest while he would check something on the plantation. Since I didn’t want to argue or anything, I just nodded my head in agreement.

I went upstairs and proceeded to my room to take a rest. Before lying in bed, I checked my phone if there were messages from Henry, and yes, I got several missed calls from him. When I checked the inbox, I was hoping to read his messages, but there were none. I bit my bottom lip while trying to decide whether to return his call or just consider it an error. I chose the latter and immediately went under the covers.

However, the pain from my injured arm prevented me from sleeping. I was concerned about the days ahead. Should I just return to the city and ask Henry to look after me? No way! He'd hate it! He definitely would hate seeing an injured person, but there’s also Pedro! I wish I had left my number with Pedro. For sur