Chapter 78

Anita’s POV

“I was starting to think you weren’t going to come,” I voiced out to Jay after he had arrived, as he had promised to.

The early morning air hit my skin while I sat side by side with Jay. He came quite early, and I hoped the nurses wouldn’t detect a thing.

“I am a man of my words; I keep them!”

I was really fighting hard not to have that feeling—he wasn’t someone I should be rolling with.

“So, last time, you said you wanted to know a few things; what do you wish to know?” he asked.

A lot… I actually wanted to know a lot.

“What do you think I should know?”

He scoffed.

“That you were surrounded by enemies your whole life?” he stated out of the blue, with so much seriousness.

I thought the nurse said I had friends.

“Enemies?”

“Yes, enemies, and they are closer than you think,” he said while his eyes travelled to my neck, suddenly reminding me of the necklace he gave me.

“Do you by any chance