Chapter 131

• Venessa’s face immediately softened into a coy, almost innocent smile when Jason appeared. “It’s because of you wearing me out,” she teased, voice sweet but laced with something sharper.
• Jason looked helpless, almost amused. “You? You’re the one seducing me, don’t try to twist it.” Then he lifted the plastic bags in his hand like a peace offering. “I brought chicken porridge for you. You need to regain your strength stop complaining you’re tired.”
• I watched them from the edge, the way they danced their little dance of affection feeling like a mockery in this cold world we lived in.