My stomach gurgled as soon as we settled ourselves in the backseat of a driving taxi.

“Here,” he offered me a burger.

I muttered a simple thanks beneath my panting breath.

True to what Lucien promised me, he guided me to the exit, not thinking twice to reach for my hand and hold it tightly as we slither through the crowd and into the midnight air outside, the open space already buzzing with cabs driving away and cabs arriving to pick up passengers.

“How long will you be staying here?” Lucien casually asked but I know he’s been monitoring my every move.

I took a quick bite of the burger...