CHAPTER 96

“I knew I’d find you here.”

“What are you doing here?” I staggered backwards as Mark walked toward me, his arm slightly outstretched.

“Relax,” he said. “I’m not here to cause any trouble.”

“That’s rich, coming from you.”

“Ouch,” he placed his hand on his chest in mock surprise, like he was genuinely hurt by what I’d just said.

“All you’ve done is try to fuck my family over in different ways than I can even imagine. So forgive me if it’s a little hard for me to believe that ‘you’re not here to cause any trouble’.”

“Family?” He asked, making a face like the word tasted bitter in his mouth. “Well, where’s this family that you speak of? I don’t see Christian Walker here. What kind of a husband is he if he doesn’t even know where his wife has been for a whole week?”

I flinched, like he had physically smacked me with his words. Pain seared in my chest. A gust of wind hit me, and I shivered, pulling the thin blanket tighter around me.

Mark frowned. “You’re shaking, we should go inside.”

He