Chapter 87. Exception to That

The gateman silently went back to the gatehouse.

Good," Marissa muttered as her vision hazed with anger, and she hurriedly unbuckled her seatbelt and threw an off-handed "You stay here" directive at Emma, who nodded and promptly went back to his toy, and she hurried out.

"Just look at him. Look at him standing there all good-looking, like he is not the crappiest person on earth; who could have believed that someone with such an alluring smile would be so deceptive?" She thought as she moved toward him.

"Well, this is a surprise." Bernard started with a beaming smile.

"Yes, I am sure it is. It would be more so by the time I am done with you. Get your lying ass down here!" She cut him off.

Bernard looked fleetingly at the screen door as he heard a snicker behind him. "Oh great," he thought, but then he couldn't take his eyes off the woman bearing down on him like a vengeance goddess. He knew he had to say or do something quickly to diffuse the bomb bef