Tell me once

Will Myra still melt into my embrace if she learns all about this?

Elliot waited for a long time; just when he thought that Tony wouldn’t say another word, the latter spoke flatly. “Spread the word.”

“Okay!” Elliot immediately responded. He and the other two had been rubbing their hands in anticipation and could hardly wait to go all out!

The cell phone in Tony’s pocket vibrated again. This time, however, Tony didn’t hang up the phone.

Meanwhile, Myra took a taxi home.

She would be lying if she said she wasn’t upset, for this was the first time the man had turned down her request so bluntly. Before she realized it, she had grown used to turning to Tony for help—doing so had become a matter of course. However, such a thought made Myra’s heart shudder. Only then did she realize what made her upset wasn’t that she was hurt by both Sean and Lyla, but that Tony had refused to help her!

Such a realization caused her heart to race inexplicably. An unknown feeling lingered in her heart, but s