Chapter seven

Her blush deepened as they kept staring at each other. He looked serious for a while before a playful grin spread across his lips.

“Relax, I was joking, I told her you were working on a case and that you’ll get back to her once you’re available”

“Did you tell her what case I was working on?”

“Yeah I told her you were working on the abandoned building. Any problem?”

“No, no problem. I have to call her back now, she’ll be worried sick”

She picked up her phone and called her mother.

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“Who were you with last night?”

Isabella asked eyeing her suspiciously.

Hadassah froze momentarily then tried to mask her surprise with confusion.

“Wh—what do you mean? I'm confused”

“Your mum called me yesterday, well midnight to be precise. She wanted to know if we were working on the case together. I told her no but that I'll ask Reynolds and Gerald…”

“And?”

“I called them but they said they weren’t with you but someone answered your phone and told your mum that you guys were together so who w