Chapter 119: Go Back or Stay
Fortunately, Elias knew how to deal with women like Giselle.
If she insisted on being that blunt, then he could be just as blunt right back and wait to see which of them figured it out first.
That strategy only worked on disasters like this, of course. Try it on a normal person, and the game might drag on until someone else quietly stole the whole situation out from under you.
He lowered his head, unbuckled his seat belt in silence, and got out of the car without another word.
He still did not speak as he turned away from the hotel entrance and started to leave, shoulders slightly hunched, steps quiet, looking every bit like a pitiful stray who had finally accepted being turned out.
Then Giselle called after him.
"Where are you going?"
Elias turned back with a helpless look that would have convinced half the city. "I'm going home," he said softly.
Was that not what she had told him to do? Walk back on his own?
Giselle's eyes chilled at once.
