Part of His World

Hayden continued to watch me closely from across the table. I could feel his bright blue gaze burning into me. With a resigned sigh, I started scooping random mix of food from the dishes onto my plate. I wasn’t even interested about what had been served. All I wanted to do was shove enough food into my mouth and down my throat so that Hayden would be satisfied. After that, I’m going to squeeze some answers out of him and get my ass out of here!

I munched on the food without tasting it as my renewed determination started taking over. After eating more than decently enough, I picked up the glass of water and gulped down its entire content. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand like a barbarian before placing the glass back down on the table with a loud thud.

“I’m done eating. Can we talk now?” I announced as I stared back into his cold blue eyes.

“What do you want to talk about, Malissa?” Hayden asked emotionlessly.

As if he doesn’t already know what I wanted to talk about. Where