Chapter Eighty Seven

"I'm really sorry. I didn't expect it would take some hours before i could go back." He continued explaining even when he started the engine.

I gulped the growing tremor in my throat before it consumed the state of my voice.

"It's totally fine, Lorcan. You're not responsible for any explanations, anyway." Neither of us is. I heard his harsh sigh. "Besides, Decagon made those hours bearable for me. All thanks to Aphrodite who willingly taught me how to use a gun." I shrugged like it was pretty normal for me to engage in that kind of activity.

"She taught you what?" He hissed, this time. He also stepped on the brake all of a sudden!

"What the heck are you doing?! I said, she taught me how to use a gun! There's no big deal about it for you to overreact-" he impulsively cut my supposed words.

"Are you hearing yourself, woman? It's about a fucking gun! Your hands... are too pure for that thing, Atasha." His third sentence made my head turn to him, finally.

I found his eyes covered by milli