Chapter 40

She stood by the window, looking down at Sir Derinem, walking towards the car, and one of Damon's men throwing sealed boxes into the booth.

It was already evening, in fact, eight on the dot, when Lina bombarded her with her hysterical presence as she was fixing her cover-up makeup to prepare for bed. Lina had told her Sir Derinem was leaving, and she was skeptical until she went to the window to see for herself.

She couldn't believe it was happening, opening and closing her eyes against what she knew was reality,

Was Sir Derinem leaving? Going back? Had she done something wrong to make him back that way? Was it because of what happened the night before?

She heard Lina behind her, banging and zipping away with more force than was intended. Maya was scared she was going to ruin something or even hurt herself in the process.

She knew the girl was angry, and when she turned to see her red face snooping around, looking for a chore to take her anger out on, it was c