Chapter 19

“Are you planning to live with me forever, Officer Amboise? Do you love me?” Curtis challenged, his brow furrowed. “No, absolutely not!” Flustered, Chloe immediately composed herself and denied it vehemently. Finding her swift denial strangely irritating, Curtis pressed her further. “If not that, then what?” he demanded. “It is nothing.” “Speak.” “I feel that if I do, my survival may be threatened,” Chloe demurred. From her tone, he knew to expect a terribly insolent answer. But at this point, he could not let it pass. Curtis twisted the corners of his mouth into a sardonic smile.