Chapter Twenty-Two
{Parris' POV}
I gulp and blink thrice.
Me Mrs. Maxwell? That doesn't sound strange to me.
It was quiet for a few minutes before I finally broke the silence.
"So…" I drawled out, looking at him nonchalantly. "You're here to take me home?" He nodded. "Okay. That's fine with me. But the real question is, are you?" I raised a challenging eyebrows. "Did you come here willingly or by force? I mean, you're Theo Maxwell, shouldn't you be at work right now and being busy?" I tap my feet against the floor, feeling agitated.
He look at my feet that are bouncing slightly and my fingers that are tapping against my knees. There's the same emotion earlier flashes in his eyes but unlike earlier, it does not fade.
"You are right." He finally said, looking at me with impassive expr
