Sophia raced down the stairs and as soon as she rushed into the living room, she startled Emma, who was watching TV. “Where are you off to?”
“Mom, I need to grab my parcel from the hub. It’s an urgent parcel,” Sophia lied.
After she had said that, she pushed open the door and left. She ran out of the house hastily and arrived at the gates. As soon as she yanked the gates open, she saw the man standing under the street lights. He had a smug smile on his face as he looked at her.
He behaved as if he had already expected her to be rushing out of the door to come and see him.
“You…” Sophia glared at him in anger.
“Accompany me for a walk.” Arthur reached out to tug her hand.
She refused to move but she was forcefully pulled to the side of his car door by his strength and she panicked at that point. Then, she struggled to get away. “I don‘t want to go. You should leave.”
However, he refused to release her hand and the two of them just stood there holding hands while she made several attempts to get away from him.
“Arthur, let go of my hand.”
“Sophia, just be honest with me. Do you really have no feelings for me?” Arthur interrogated her. Although he had done a lot of nasty things, he had treated her quite well.
Sophia took the chance to extricate her hand as she turned in the other direction. “I don‘t. I don‘t fancy men like you at all.”
“Then, what kind of men do you prefer?” Arthur cast aside his usual high and mighty attitude as he persistently asked her.
“I don‘t need to tell you that.” She reckoned that he seemed slightly different tonight and there was a whiff of alcohol in the air and she frowned. “Did you drink?”
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