Chapter 187

"I'll get them myself. I don't like others touching my things."

"Wait." Tyler grabbed his phone from the nightstand. "I'll have my bodyguards send you."

Vicky's hand on the doorknob stilled as she said, "It's fine. I can go home on my own. After all, I'm just acting like I was kidnapped, and it wasn't even true. Why should I be afraid at all?"

There was one person who could prove that she was indeed kidnapped, and that was Mister Kirby. However, there was no point in mentioning him. Since they were determined she was acting, it would also make sense that she had bribed a few 'witnesses' into supporting her claim.

"I told you that I'll keep looking into it," he said emotionlessly. "Are you not going to be satisfied until I say that I believe you out loud?"

She turned around to meet his eyes before shaking her head. "What's the point of saying it when you don't mean it?"

"Why are you upset, then?"

"I'm not upset."

He scanned her. "You basically have the word 'upset' written all o