Chapter 37

Marianne. “There’s no way I’m following you into the woods!” I stopped before the woods while glaring at Cole standing before me. He hummed in a manner that expressed his intrigue. “Who knows, you could have set traps for me,” I defended and he glanced at the woods then back at me. “That is true, there could be more than a million traps waiting for you in there,” he toned with a heavy dose of sarcasm. “C’mon, Marianne, you think I’m that jobless that I would just wake up in the middle of the night just to torture you?” “You did abduct me in the middle of the night,” I raised my right eyebrow while crossing my arms against my chest. He sighed. “We promised to take a different approach tonight so for once, let’s just trust each other.” “Trust…” I hummed. “That’s a big word coming from you.” He wore a tiny smile accompanied by a faint hint of nervousness. He extended his palm to me again, “Shall we?” I smacked his palm away, I would rather bite my tongue than allow myself to be o