Chapter 26: Don’t Play Dumb

SCARLETT

“Th-Thank you for helping me,” I say to Damian warmly, breaking the silence that had lingered in the air between us for minutes with neither of us saying anything.

“So do you have the proof yet?” Damain switches back to his business tone, keeping his handsome face stoic.

Are we really just going to ignore the gigantic elephant in the room? Is this how he wants to handle this thing between us?

“No, not yet but I’m onto something,” I reply in a tone similar to his, despite the tightness I feel in my chest. If this is how he wants our conversation to be, then this is how it’s going to be.

“What…..thing?” He asks in a low inquisitive tone, giving me a calculating look. The type that tells me he doesn’t believe I’m onto anything and he would be right, I am not.

“It’s nothing concrete yet but I’m working on it.”

He scoffs, drawing out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and he takes one out. He hits the butt repeatedly against the fingernail of his thumb before he brings out a ligh