Chapter 238

Authors POV.

He watched her, still fidgety from her eruption, running from the result her outburst had created; he gazed at the laptop seated on the table; there were some things it couldn't answer.

All of those words were because she was caught unawares. After all, she was scared; cool, she just led him to his first clue; his man was still close, even around, and there was a high chance she still saw him.

Would she trust him enough to protect her if she knew what he was? If he knew the demon behind this skin, the monster he had contained all by himself?

The devil she saw snippets of?

He couldn't shake off the feeling he was also a target of this unknown fiance she kept hidden, and to her, she was saving herself, but he knew none of them were safe.

In times like this, he needed Milo since he couldn't do too much under public scrutiny. But then, since Aunt Abby scolded, he hadn't reached out, and Milo seemed calm with the space.

He wouldn't feel thi