CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Lamisi’s hand trembled as she pulled the cab’s handle to let herself out while Blaise paid the driver. She’d been off-kilter ever since reading the horrible message. Melanie had pulled her to the side and asked what was wrong. She’d claimed nerves about being so close to the end of her dissertation.
And now, she’d confronted Blaise. His offer to talk to Deola was sweet, yet ridiculous. Whatever the woman wanted, she got, not matter who suffered in her acquirement of it. Was he strong enough to withstand Deola’s wrath if he got in her way?
Doubt lingered as she waited for him to join her on the short path into the hotel. When he’d caught up with her, a man wearing a dark hoodie jogged towards them.
The guy called out, “Here’s your lesson, b***h!”
Within the blink of
