Chapter 49

"Yes, but for her to have stayed in that state "I pondered, nibbling my lip. Colton gently shook on my feet, momentarily distracting me from the thread of thought. "I know Mikaela can exaggerate a little, she really manages to push the bar. But seriously, Colton, her mother must have said something very offensive for her to act that way. I never thought she would get to the point of cursing me and calling me selfish. Even if I am. I swore that she might be really upset about something you said, but, on second thought, her mother may have very well thrown some things in your face. She used to do that with Suzy.”

"Anyway, it's not my fault," Colton said with a shrug. Now that he had noticed my calmer tone of voice, he squeezed my fingers less hard, and the caress was almost sensual. I compressed my lips to contain a sigh of pleasure. "I did what I needed to make things clear. I can't do anything else for her. My attempt to make her understand what I really wanted to say just made her s