Chapter 19

Lily

“What is the meaning of what you just did?” I asked as Ryker put me down on my feet. From the moment, we left the club up to the way we returned home, my heart hadn't calmed down. It was hard to keep up while I was in his arms. First, the way he got too close to my face and stared into my eyes, deeply to the extent that I thought my heart would rip apart, and then again when we came home, he took me more by surprise when he picked me up in his arms.

I didn’t know why he did that but when we entered the house, I got a bit of the situation after he told his father and his stepmother that I stayed up late at the office working and ended up falling asleep in the car on our way comity. His choice of words surprised me. Coming from the same person who lashed out at me last time for lying to his parents. But he was doing the same with an extra.

“Be glad I carried you in my arms. Not everyone gets that opportunity .” He replied walking to the wardrobe. A chuckle didn’t fail to leave my