This time, I win. “Fine. You are so stubborn now, Samantha. And just so you know, it won’t scare me away.” I pull out from the King’s mansion. I feel desperate and disappointed. I sigh deeply in defeat. “Good,” she replies. “Is that it? You want me to chase you, beautiful?” “I didn’t say that!” she snaps. “Aren’t you and him getting back together, Samantha?” She stiffens. Her face and her ears turn red. Is she embarrassed? “It feels like I am cheating on you rather than I am cheating on Tyler. He is nothing but treated well since we were back together, then suddenly, you came along and everything turned upside down.” My nose flares. I don’t know why I feel bad and guilty at the same time. “Why did you take him back?” I ask grouchily. “He proved himself, Phoenix!” she exclaims.

