CHAPTER 30

Richard’s POV

I keep glancing at my phone, thinking she will call again, but the strange number from earlier does not pop up, even when the phone finally rings again.

It is, mom. Not Eve.

“Mom,” I pick up as I step down from the cab I ordered to pick me up from home since I left my car at my mother's.

“Where are you?” She asks, her tone laced with concern, "I can't find Arabel either."

"I took her home. She was feeling a bit down. I'm coming in now,” I say to her before disconnecting the call.

As soon as I enter, Caroline attacks me again. “Richard, are you sure that woman isn't your ex?”

“I told you no already!” I halt, turning to face her squarely in anger.

She falls silent, biting her lower lips and watching me suspiciously. “If she isn't, then why are you mad?”

I sigh.

Without a word, I walk away, leaving her by the door. Caroline and I are always not on good terms. It sprung up from the fact that she was quite close to Arabel, and I didn't like their relationship.

First, I felt