Chapter 182

”No! I didn’t know I was sick,” Monique said from under the covers. She lowered one side of the sheet to peek out.

This man was making something out of nothing! There were extenuating circumstances that made her attend that date.

“You would still go if you weren’t sick, right?” Henry accused.

Monique was not the best talker, and she was definitely worse at wordplay than him.

If only she could take back her words.

She wanted to tell him the truth, but the egotistical way he held himself made her hesitate. The man wanted to brand her as his lover--his woman--so no one else could have her.

The idea made her hackles rise and she spat back. “Why do you care?”

Henry felt cold anger spread through his body. He had cared for her from night till noon. He had not eaten since she checked into the hospital and, as soon as she was awake, this ungrateful woman was pissing him off.

“Say that again. Don’t think that just because you’re sick I won’t lay a hand on you,” Henry threatened in his h