A Caged Songbird's Escape: Into the Arms of a Predator novel Chapter 457

Rowan's chest tightened at her words. He stared down at her.

"Are my words just going in one ear and out the other?"

He had made his position perfectly clear: he was willing to step up and be the father. Why did it seem like she hadn't heard a single word?

Just as Elissa was about to respond, the car slowed to a stop in front of Vistapeak Gardens.

Evan Murphy lowered the partition. "Sir, Miss, we've arrived."

Elissa glanced outside but made no move to get out. "I want to go see the professor and his wife first."

They were elderly, and this whole ordeal must have been terrifying for them. She wouldn't be able to rest until she saw them with her own eyes.

Rowan lifted his chin slightly. "They're in 2202."

After he'd hung up with Cliff, he had arranged for Ian to get Aaron Blaine and Jacqueline out of their besieged home and settle them temporarily in his apartment across the hall.

Elissa let out a sigh of relief. She nodded, then eagerly opened the car door to get out.

Rowan's arm remained firmly around her waist. "Not even a thank you this time?" he teased. He had, after all, given up his own home for them.

"..."

Elissa couldn't tell if he was serious or not, so she went on the offensive. "Why should I thank you? This whole mess started because of a Murphy Group drug, and my professor got caught in the crossfire."

In other words, it was his problem to solve.

Her defiant attitude made Rowan raise an eyebrow. The pressure on her waist suddenly eased. "Go on, then."

Elissa quickly got out of the car. Seeing him remain inside, she instinctively glanced back.

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