But before my palm could connect, a dark figure came barreling out of nowhere and shoved me to the ground. When the dust settled, I saw Silas's furious face.
"Leila, have you lost your damn mind? How could you hit Chloe?"
Chloe whimpered like a frightened kitten as she threw herself into Silas's arms, putting on her best pitiful act.
"Silas, I noticed Leila skipped dinner, so I brought her shrimp soup. But she poured it on herself and said she would frame me. Silas, I was so scared."
Silas's glare could have melted steel.
"Leila, I never took you for such a snake. Chloe is always thinking of you, and this is how you bite the hand that feeds you? You are not setting foot in this house tonight. Stay out here where you belong."
With that, he swept Chloe up in his arms and stormed inside
