ANGEL
“I heard you slipped.”
His voice was low, but my skin itched at the sound of it, the hairs on my nape springing awake in attention.
Daniel was standing beside my bed now, his towering frame looming above me, those eyes were peeling me apart like pawns.
I felt like he could strip the lie from my flesh without even touching me.
“I’ll leave you both alone,” Jillian’s expression was still smug, like she knew exactly how much I despised him. “Danny, take good care of her. She’s my lovely daughter after all, it breaks our hearts to see her hurt,”
So, this was her way of getting back at me? I could still feel the remnant of her mouth on mine, the salty feeling that refused to go away…no matter how many times I swallowed.
The door closed behind her.
Now, it was just me, Daniel, an
