Chapter 21

  GRACE.

  “What?!” I was almost yelling, but I couldn’t stop myself. How could he think of doing that to me?

  The recorder was still running, making me unable to say anything more implicating, so I beseeched and pleaded with my eyes. Don’t do this to me, Connor Shelby, I beg of you!

  I wanted to shriek at him so badly but was scared I could aggravate the situation. And all he did was stare at me with an amused expression and a smile at the corner of his lips.

  “What d-do you mean she’s here, Mr. Shelby?” I tried not to stutter, raising my hands and clasping them together in supplication.

  “I swear, I’ll do anything, just don’t give me away like this, pleeeease” I mouthed to him without making a sound.

  “Sure?” he mouthed back at me with laughing eyes and I nodded vigorously.

  “I mean,” he spoke up now, something the recorder can catch. He placed his right palm on his chest. “She’s right here in my heart.”