He Didn’t Kidnap Me. Not Exactly novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79

The cafe door opened then and I tensed as he stepped out, his gaze moving once before settling directly on the car, on me, like he had already pieced everything together.

I waved at him quickly and urgently, trying to communicate without actually speaking.

Come here…

Then I stopped as I saw her.

Mabel.

She was right behind him.

Of course she follows.

With that, any small sense of control I had left disappeared instantly, and I reacted on instinct, scrambling away from the front seat and crawling over into the back, lowering myself as much as possible until I was hidden beneath the line of sight.

From there, I could hear everything as they approached.

“I thought you were leaving,” Mabel said, her voice light but intentional.

“L/am,” DeLuca replied, calmly.

“Okay. Can I get your number?”

“No.”

I felt the word hit even from where I was hiding. Geez.

“Okay… what about your Instagram?” Mabel persisted.

“I don’t have one.”

A pause followed, then a chuckle.

“C’mon. You’re joking.”

“I don’t joke.” He replied brutally.

Despite everything, I had to press my lips together to keep from reacting. I thought Mabel’s friends had said she was making progress with him.

There was another pause, and then came the question I had been dreading.

“Okay. But why did you come into the cafe if you would be leaving at once?”

My entire body went still. He was going to mention me.

Don’t say it. Don’t say my name.

“Something came up so I have to leave,” DeLuca said after a moment, his tone unchanged and relief came quietly./

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