#Chapter 174: Monster On The Phone

Hearing Edward’s voice in my ear sends me back to the orphanage, when I would hide, while Edward would search through me throughout the house. “Esther! Esther, where are you? Don’t make this harder than it needs to be, princess. This man will treat you nicely, you’ll see. It won’t be like the last one…” I shiver. Before I even realize what I’m doing, I hang up the phone. Miles comes closer to me at once. He takes my face in his hands and forces up my gaze, looking deeply into his eyes. He’s waiting for an explanation. “That was Edward,” I tell him. His face hardens in a flash and his teeth grit together. Not long after, the phone begins to ring again. Miles lowers his hands away from my face, reaches around me, and answers the phone himself. “This is Miles,” he says. As he listens, his face grows more and more steely, until he looks as serious as if he was staring down the barrel of a gun. “No. My assistants are competent, I assure you. They likely thought you were a pr