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Chapter 23 - Promise

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“You really did what you mentioned last time?!” Caspian unbelievably asked her.

“Didn’t I told you that I don’t feel safe? How can I sleep safe and sound if someone barge into the house?” she bravely asked him back.

“So, when are you planning to move in our house?” He is glaring at her as if he is warning her to be caution to anything she’ll say.

“It would be better if you will ask me when are you planning to change the knob,” she spelled out the word knob.

“Steph, if your parents know about it, they might think that we are divorced. I am begging you to go back,” he begs.

She chuckled when he begs at her, “that’s not the tone of a person begging. I might change my mind if you kneeled down rather than to force yourself to look sincere,” she instructed him to do what she likes.

“Stephanie, don’t you try my patience because you will not like what will I do,” her eyes grew as she creeps out hearing his warning.

She abruptly moves her head to face him to ask what he can do but she felt hi
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