CHAPTER 27

"Is everything okay?" It was Connor's voice, pulling me out of my shaken faze as we drove through the night in his car back to my place. I nodded my head and muttered that I was doing fine. It was his third time asking me this question since I went mute after we were joined by a third party at the dining and also my third time answering unconvincingly that I was fine. But this time, Connor seemed to have had enough and slowed down his car, parking just by the side of the road. He faced me and I turned away from him to look outside the window, letting the wind slash through my face. At this moment, I did not think I could feel anything else than fear. Fear. The events since the past week replayed through my head again and I wondered where I had gone wrong in making atonements for my past deeds. Was it because I agreed to play dress-up in Connor's family life? There was no denying that if I had not accepted this deal in the first place, I would not have had anything to do with the Mey