Chapter 13. Let’s Go for a Walk

“W-What?”

“I know you heard what I said, Delilah… if I say it again, I might die… so please think about it and give me a chance to redeem myself.”

Delilah quickly pulled her hand from beneath his and the cube fell in the process, rolling somewhere beneath the table. She didn’t pick it up, instead she pushed her chair back and stood to her feet. “You must be crazy… scratch that…” She laughed. “You must be joking. It’s better you’d kept that bit to yourself, I thought you were a serious man, Jake; dangerous even, but I guess you are if you can make a joke like that with not even the hint of a smile on your face.”

Jake clenched his hands against the table, aggressively pushing his chair back and standing to his feet. “Don’t mock me, Delilah! It took a lot for me to say that, only for you to f*cking laugh at my feelings?”

“What? They weren’t a joke?” She laughed again. “They sounded funny, so I thought they were.”

“Delilah…” Jake warned.

“What? Am I s