A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1209

Sylvain had probably slept very late last night. He was still asleep when she left, so she had no choice but to leave him a note. She had to leave some form of notification, at least. That was the polite thing to do.

She had just arrived at the office building when Arianne pulled her aside. “Your mom is here, asking everyone in the office if you stayed all night to work overtime. She seemed really angry when she found out that there was no one at the office last night. She’s waiting for you. Where were you last night? Didn’t Iwalk you to the cab? Didn’t you go home?”

All the color drained from Robin’s face. “Arianne... I didn’t think that my mother would come all the way here. I’m so sorry! You have to help me! I left in the cab last night, but there was something wrong with the cabbie. He dragged me to a secluded road. I was so scared, so I called Sylvain, and he picked me up. Going back and forth took up a lot of time. It was pretty late and I forgot my keys. My parents have a habit of turning off their phones at night when they go to bed, and I was too afraid to wake them so I went to Sylvain’s. My mom will kill me if she finds out that I spent the night in a man’s house! Arianne...”

Arianne frowned. “You and Sylvain...”

Robin realized that her mind had wandered into the gutter. “No, no, no. I only slept over for the night, nothing else! He’s really a nice guy, it’s not what you think. I’d probably be dead by now if it weren’t for him last night. Arianne, please back me up with my lie to my mother, okay? Just this once! Please!”