Chapter 5

This calm was driving him insane. He stood up abruptly, but caught sight of the large burn on my arm.

"Nyla, one injury wasn't enough? You need more injuries to tie me down?"

"Not anymore. I won't be foolish again."

He wanted to say something, but the encrypted communicator rang.

He quickly walked to the window to answer.

I couldn't hear the content clearly, only vaguely caught Vivian's tearful voice.

Ronan gave some low instructions, then turned to look at me: "There's an urgent pack matter. I need to go to work. Rest and recover."

With that, he turned and…