Chapter 198

And the tension skyrocketed, Hailey could feel it in her nerves. His voice was so dark, her body shook involuntarily.

"You didn't mean what you say." He rose to his feet and gave her a look of disbelief. "It was you all along. Why did you want to kill him?"

She didn't want to kill him. Hailey gulped and kept stepping back, her heart drumming heavily. Their expressions were so livid it sent her speechless. All she could do was stammer. She couldn't even form a coherent word.

And she kept putting more distance between them, a sudden hard feeling setting in her stomach. Until her back collided with something hard. Her back collided with Kendrick's chest.

"What the hell was the meaning of that, Hailey." Kendrick's voice reached her ears. She didn't need to look at his expression to know that he was mad. From his tone, his anger could only be on par with his father's.

He used his hand to support her by holding her waist. "She did not want to kill me." Without waiting for her answer, h