Chapter 16 Part I

Once they were seated in Pongket's car, he drove out from the house in a good mood, different from half an hour earlier. Before that, he had called in to make an appointment to see another high-ranking official in the evening. It meant that Sakunthara would be with him all day.

“Don't think that I don't know what you are doing. I went along because I wanted to protect your honor.”

“What am I doing?” the young man turned back to ask blankly.

“I didn't think a man of your maturity and qualifications would spin such a despicable yarn. Sometimes, I feel embarrassed for you,” the young woman mocked him in an even tone that nevertheless stabbed at the heart of the listener.

Yes, really...why had he been willing to do something this despicable for her?

The young woman turned her face to look out of the car. Suddenly, a call came in for her.