Chapter 161
Stephanie's point of view
Satisfaction and superiority painted themselves in a provocative, sickening way over the contours of his features. He extended his long hand deliberately to place the black phone into my trembling, cold palm: "Very well... take your phone."
I took it with a speed that snatched my breath away, while he took a wide step back to clear the way for me. Then, he spoke in a commanding, stern tone: "Now... you are the one who will drive me to my house in your car tonight."
I swallowed my saliva with a bitterness that burned my torn throat, nodding my head, incapable of arguing: "Fine... as you wish."
I got behind the steering wheel with limbs as tensed and stiffened as wood, while he opened the adjacent door and sat beside me with absolute confidence. I started the engine with trembling fingers and drove off at high speed amidst the city streets drowning under torrents of rain and faint streetlamps.
