Chapter 189: Love and everything in-between
Elijah loosened his grip but he didn't let Conrad go.
"Why? Is he important to you?" Elijah asked her "Don't even try to lie to me because I will know"
Conrad struggled to breathe.
"Y-you don't have to answer, Diddy" Conrad told her, mostly because he didn't want to hear her reject him publicly.
Defiance took a deep breath and she told the truth.
"I wasn't gonna lie" She turned to Conrad, there was a glimmer of tears in his eyes as he struggled with words.
"You…you..hmm"
He had no words.
Elijah let them. He seemed genuinely intrigued with them and he wanted to know how it would end.
Conrad moved closer to her, his face was bruised just like hers.
"I know you think there is a choice to be made between you and Jeremy but…"
She cupped his cheek tenderly.
