Leilani
"What?" Neil immediately spat when he heard what Ms. Declan just called me, tensing up. I was frozen by his side, eyes widening with my heart threatening to jump out of my throat. What did she say? "What the fuck did you just call her?"
Her blue eyes were squarely trained on me, knowing, mysterious and threatening. Her lips sported a wickedly smug smile. "Neil, you don’t have to get so worked up over me telling the simple truth."
For a moment, from her tone it felt like she knew…about…Adonis and I. But that was crazy! How could she even know? My palms were clammy with perspiration as my frantic eyes shifted away from her to rest on Neil. He looked furious. Then as if he sensed me staring at him, he turned to face me, grabbing my hands and cupping the side of my face. "I’m so sorry, princess. She obviously doesn’t know what she’s doing."
I shook my head. "Why would she say that? I have always tried to be polite and respectful towards her but…"