Chapter 30 Who Provoked?

Mark Pattinson said nothing after that. Like a man gambling his life away, he put the pedal to the metal. He could not explain why he would feel disheartened, disgruntled, every time he heard Lyla talk to another person. Something inside of him was hoping for something and when nothing happened, he would feel disheartened. The woman was gentle whenever it was someone else yet when the two of them were alone, he could feel her wanting nothing more than to escape at the first opportunity. Lyla noticed how the man beside her was behaving oddly. She wanted to say something but chose not to. She was struggling with the nausea in her stomach. She was about to vomit. The worst part of the entire ride was the corners, when she almost knocked her head to the side. With some form of familiarity, the car went through the route and stopped below Lyla’s apartment. “Thank you, President Pattinson. I’ll be going now,” said Lyla as she unfastened her seatbelt while facing Mark Pattinson. A