Chapter 74

"One and only." Jake said like he was about to get his favorite sweet. "Did you miss me?" He cooed and made a silly tone. Maria could suddenly feel her blood rushing to her face and wanted to hang up. The nerve of Jake. The audacity of the guy. First he tries to sell her then calls her cupcake?

No matter how angry she was, her heart still skipped beats because of the guy at the other end of the phone.

"No, I don't." She said through gritted teeth and swallowed hard.

"Good, I thought as much." He said. Maria could swear that he smirked when he replied.

"Anyway," he continued after a few moments of silence, "as you might have heard, I am out of jail." He chuckled and still continued, "I was wondering what you and I can do to celebrate that."

Maria wasn't smiling anymore, "what do you want?" She asked flatly and pressed her phone back against her ear, staring at herself in the mirror. In as much as she was nervous just hearing his doomed voice, she felt like strangling him.

"Funny ho