Chapter 13 013

Chapter 13 013
IRIS POV

“You want me to get trapped in the same home as you? You have got to be kidding me!"

“It's a mansion filled with everything you would possibly need and more. My dick," Vale teased, a smirk plastered on an annoyingly handsome face that I wanted to disfigure so badly.

I fought the urge to shove him against the car’s down, hard enough to draw blood.

He wasn't even fazed by how loud my voice was echoing in the car.

“Again, get that plot of killing me. It hasn't been done by my enemies and you can't," he added, laughing a bit when my head creaked towards him with disbelief floating in my eyes.

“Leave my head, you are fucking pissing me off with that smirk on your face that I want to wipe off!!”

"No. I know. And quieten down, this road is quite very dangerous and I followed here specifically to have some peace and silence," he replied, ignoring my last remark like I hadn't just said something.

“You are a jerk. And trust me, I would implicate you in a very crazy crime that you wouldn't be able to get away from even in the next 50 years," I threatened, folding my hands against my chest.

I was behaving childish now, I knew that but I wasn't ready to stop and face what my past has brought to me.

I could do that-expose him, but he could expose me on the way which would be fatal for my career.

“I can't believe you have such a handsome to mask your evilness," I bit, looking directly into his eyes and he smiled.

His dimples on a display with his hot face intensifying and I felt butterflies in my stomach dancing.

I could have that sensations?

“I can believe you have such ethereal face and body to hide that you are such a crazy nutcase,” He replied calmly, and I bit my tongue as he had called me out.

" I will let the world burn….." rang from my phone.

I picked it cautiously with my hands shaking as though I had been left in a torrent.

Rowan.

Why was he calling?

“Where are you, Iris?” His shaky voice asked, and I pressed the phone closer to my ears. My senses licking there was trouble looming.

"What happened?”

" I need you to come back to the lab. I have something to show you. I should have shown you since three days now, but I have been trying to put off the thoughts to avoid increasing your fear with you have going now,” he rushed, his breaths echoing on the phone's speaker fast and loudly.

“Are you okay? Please answer that and where are you?"

Vale was looking at me with a curious expression the car slowing down as he reached for my hand, holding it tightly to comfort me.

I looked down at it with my mouth widened with confusion.

Why was he doing that?

And why it actually working?

“I can't tell you over on the phone. But I would be at the lab. Meet me there in 30."

And the line went dead.

" We need to go back to the lab please. Rowan needs me,” I pleaded, looking at Vale who was confused but he didn't say anything to acknowledge that he had heard me.

"No. You are naive when it comes to people you love– careless too. And that's why things gets extremely messy for you.”

" What do you mean? We need to go back there, Rowan would never make a false alarm which is more reason why I should be there in 10 and not 30 he had given me,” I whispered,interrupting his next line of speech.

“I know you hate me and want to stab me with a knife or whatever you can lay your hands on. But I won't lie to you– Rowan is playing you.”

That sounded like a bombshell in my ears drums.

Lies. Festering lies. Rowan my best friend who nearly lost his life to save money would never.

"He's not anything like you. He would never be! You're lying. And if you don't take me back to see him…….” I trailed, my phone was vibrating from another cell from him.

Only this time, his tone was scary.

“Where are you? What's taking you the fuck too long?"

"Rowan?” I whimpered….

“End the call. Someone is tracking us with the phone calls, I can…..” he trailed as a car was catching up on us.

" Son of a bitch!” Vale cursed, stepping hard on the wheels.

" Rowan set me up? To who? Why?” I asked, but I didn't get a response as Vale was trying to drive us to safety. One I had tampered with.

My stomach had tightened, my breathing hitched. My intuitions screamed he wasn't lying, but my heart was playing another rhythm.

The years and what we had—Rowan had thrown them up for nothing?

Turning backwards and the cars were multiplying by tens. What has Rowan done and who did he get entrapped with?

I squinted my eyes trying to find out any traces I could use to find who wa on our trail.

“That's the government. Rowan has found something he shouldn't and he was almost killed, but he need to bring you to erase the tracks.

Simply, Rowan is trying to use you to save his life as he was told.”

"How did you know all these? You sound you know an insiders supplying you evety details,” I asked, completely stunned as I stared at the road still clutching my bag tightly
as comfort.

He didn't reply.

Panic swept all over me, and I froze dreading what I knew he was going to say.

"Because I'm one of them and I should be giving you up to them.”