"Do you think all men are so easily deceived?" His voice was cold and somewhat hoarse as it echoed in her ear. "Why were you rummaging through your clothes, your belt, that day? And why were you secretly hiding the money from me? Huh? Were you planning to run away as soon as we left the mountains? Or did you think I was unaware of your every move?"

"No, no, no, it's not like that! I can give you money, all of it, I'll go back to Beerspa city with you, just take me back..."

Selena felt like a cornered rabbit with no way to escape. No matter how she...