Her Rebirth of Retribution novel Chapter 41

“Why are you here?”

Kallum saw her expression was only that of irritation, and there was no sign of looking happy to see someone she was in love with. He started to think that Calista was a fantastic actress – if he hadn’t heard her say it herself, he wouldn’t have known the extent of her feelings for him.

He suppressed the happy bubble that was rising in his heart, and arrogantly said, “I heard you moved out to live by yourself, so I’m here to see what sort of place you’re staying in.”

But seriously, he was very unhappy with this apartment. It was too small and too simple – how could Calista stay in such a place?

Calista was amused by his randomness. “If you have something to say, just say it. We’re not familiar enough to chit chat about our daily lives.”

Kallum frowned, the frown line like a crack on his handsome face.

Calista’s acting was too realistic – he could see the disgust in her eyes, as if she really didn’t want to see him. Looks like he has to force her then.

Kallum laughed as he used his beautifully almond shaped eyes to look down at her. “You are my fiancée, what do you mean by not familiar? Or…are you trying to hint at something else?”

Calista looked up coldly at Kallum – was it because she was no longer normal, so the world had also become abnormal? Why did she feel like Kallum was behaving strangely today?

“Have you forgotten that I have backed out of the engagement?” Calista suddenly thought of another possible reason. “Or are you saying that you don’t want me to use the Fairchild name to do things, so you’re here to mock me?”

Kallum saw that her train of thought had gone way off topic, so he decided to remove her ‘disguise’.

“Enough – I heard what you said just now. Since you still like me, why do you still pretend to reject me and keep me at an arm’s length?”

He wanted to smile but covered it with a cough, and said arrogantly, “I didn’t even know you were completely devoted to me.”

Calista had a strange look on her face.

So Kallum had thought her answer to get Jarrett off her back was for real?

“I have to clarify one thing.”

Calista continued in a solemn voice, “I am no longer engaged to you, and I only want to become the Fairchilds’ goddaughter. I said that earlier because it was convenient to use your name. But if you don’t want your name to be used like that, I will not use it anymore.”

Kallum changed for a moment but he suddenly burst out laughing. “Almost got fooled by you!”

He teased her back, “So you were not happy about backing out of the engagement? It’s not really that serious you know, since there’s no official announcement about it, so you can still change your mind. Besides…”

Wasn’t she trying to use her goddaughter status to get closer to him?

His words made Calista frown even harder. She emphasized every word, “I really don’t like you anymore.”

Kallum pushed her against the wall.

“You don’t like me? It has been eleven years from the first time you said you liked me until now! You mean eleven years of feelings for me can just disappear like that?”

And of course, the repeated attempts to seduce him.

“If you don’t like me, then why would you say something like that to someone else? Calista, is it so difficult to acknowledge your own feelings? Now that I have this desire for you, are you sure you want to give up this fantastic chance?”

He sounded very confident of himself, and he let out a laugh. “Admit it! Then be my woman!”

Thinking about it this way made marrying her not seem so difficult to accept anymore.

Calista had her back against the wall, and she looked up at Kallum in front of her and was completely speechless.

What did he mean by he desired her? What did he mean by becoming his woman? Had he gone mad? How was he spouting such nonsense?

“Do you believe in oaths?” Calista asked quietly.

Kallum’s beautiful eyes lit up at this. “If it’s an oath about me, I will believe it.”

Calista nodded, then put up her hand to start her oath. “Today I, Calista, solemnly swear that if I still have feelings for Kallum, then I will die horribly! After dying I will be flung into the deepest dungeon of hell…”

Soft moans escaped from the two pairs of lips that couldn’t let go of each other. Calista’s eyes lost focus, and from up close, it was as if there was a mist over her eyes, which were even more mesmerizing.

Just when it was getting intense, Kallum suddenly pushed her away, leaning his hands on the wall and saw her body turning pink and her lips swollen, and laughed gleefully.

“You’re such a liar! You obviously have feelings for me!”

Calista shot him a glance – that one glance was so enchanting that Kallum almost lost control despite being so proud of his level of restraint.

“This is a natural biological reaction, nothing to do with you.”

Her voice was cloyingly mesmerizing.

But when Kallum heard this, his face turned threatening.

“You mean, even if it were another man, you’d have the same reaction?”

Calista wanted to make him angry enough to leave, so she quickly nodded.

Kallum was so angry that he couldn’t speak. All the pleasant feelings earlier were all gone, and now his voice turned cold.

“I ask you one last time.”

His face turned nasty, and he clenched his teeth so hard they chattered. “You really don’t like me?”

Calista nodded. “That is the truth.”

BANG! Kallum suddenly punched the wall behind her. Calista squinted at him from this sudden display of violence.

“So if I now decide to stay far, far away from you, you will not regret it either?”