Escaping The Mafia King

"And what did you say?" Varys asked gently.

"I.. um. Accepted it?" Hope flinched a little after saying the words. Even though she was not doing anything wrong and definitely was not cheating on anyone, it kind of felt wrong.

Varys, who most of the time remained chill and calm around her suddenly clenched his jaw tight in anger.

"What exactly do you think we are doing with each other, Hope?" He asked in a soft voice that betrayed the hidden anger behind his words.

Hope stared into his eyes with barely contained emotions. She honestly did not know the answer to that. It felt like they were friends, but the closeness behind that friendship screamed more than friends.

"What do you want me to say?" She whispered. She wanted him to calm down. Although she had seen him get angry plenty of times, she did not like it when he got angry on her. It made her feel bad. Like she had done something very wrong.

Varys did not reply to her but the anger did not leave his eyes. He knew he had not given a name to their relationship. Never acknowledged the closeness and given her a reason to refuse the offers coming her way but he did not know she did not even realize the depth of emotions that he possessed for her.

"I..." He opened his mouth and almost let out a vile curse, but immediately stopped himself. Throwing a fist on the hood of the car that made a loud bang, he walked away from there.

"Varys!" Hope immediately turned around and called out to him. But her voice fell to deaf ears as without turning around he got in his car and drove away from there.

"Fucking hell!" Hector's irritated tone pulled her attention towards him, "Not again."

guilty expressions on her face even though it was not exactly her fault that Varys had left

his ass?" Hector

blinked at him with

her. Hope's gaze went to where he was looking where she saw Stella walking away with a guy. She was taking some pop music

she nodded her head he turned around and ran

walking home. Truthfully, she had forgotten her wallet at home and there was not even a penny in her pocket. Her parents were away to work and she did not have keys to home since she was planning on going home late. Varys had made plans of studying and hanging

ringing but he did not pick up. She tried again but still no answer. Sighing in defeat she dialled her parents' number but she already knew that they had to leave their cellphones out of the meeting room which could go on for hours. The cell rang but

only option left. Walk four miles in strappy sandals in

sun was even harsher than her expectation today.

three more miles with heaving breath and almost broken feet. The straps of sandals had left a bleeding wound in the back

view after two hours of

in fatigue. After her knees stopped hurting a bit, she pulled open the straps of her sandals and threw the footwear aside, relishing the coldness that the grass thankfully

sun had gone down so the heat had become dull but she still felt hot as hell. She was just glad that she had finally sat down and her feet were touching some coldness. She was

feet sprawled in front of her, she tugged at some grass

eyes followed the ring that it made. Honestly, she felt like crying right now. She was so, so angry at Varys for leaving her stranded. She actually would not have minded if she had her wallet on her and she had taken a cab but the

never take a ride with Varys