62. Emiliana

"We have to go"

"Do we? I thought you'd want to spend another night flirting with Kiet. We don't have to hurry back"

Elena furrows her eyebrows "What's gotten into you? I thought you wanted to explore other places"

"I'm not in the mood anymore. Let's stay for another day or two. I like it here" and it'll give me enough time to figure out if Mali was lying to me or not.

"You're hiding something. What is it?"

"Elena, I'm doing this for you. I think you like your new friend and I'm deciding to stay so you can spend more time with him. What's wrong with that?"

"Bullshit. You're not that considerate. Try again"

I want to strangle her. Why won't she just believe me and be on her way? It's already two in the afternoon. We're scheduled to leave in two hours but I've been trying to convince Elena to stay. If it comes from her, our overprotective bodyguards won't suspect anything. Milan was very vocal about me falling for Mali's tricks. According to her, it is a setup so they can ex