CHAPTER SIXTY NINE
PEARL
I froze, my heart thudding in my chest. Ivan. My husband. He was calling, and we were here, alone, after what had happened. A surge of panic coursed through me, and I looked at Ian, my eyes wide with fear.
He must have been searching for me, as I disappeared out of nowhere, only God knew what that beast would do to me.
Ian glanced at the phone, his face unreadable, before he answered it.
"Hey, Ivan. What's up?"
He sounded so casual, so nonchalant, that I had to bite my lip to keep from screaming.
“Is Pearl with you?” Ivan asked, my heart stopped breathing as Ian turned to face me swiftly before looking away.
“No” he replied in a single breath, why did he lie?
Ian's lie hit me like a punch in the gut. "No," he had said as if I wasn't standing right in front
