Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

#Chapter 90: Sabotaged
Abby

At the mention of the email and the rare ingredients, Karl’s face turns pale. Seeing him like this

instantly fills me with an odd sense of dread as my mind begins to whirl with unending questions: why

did Adam send him that email? Why did Karl give him rare ingredients? When did Karl give him rare

ingredients?

“Karl, please tell me what’s wrong,” I say again, more urgently this time.

He takes a deep breath, then finally speaks. “I bought a ton of ingredients for Adam,” he admits, his

voice barely above a whisper. “Rare ones. For his restaurant.”

My heart is in my throat. “For Adam’s restaurant? But why?” I ask, genuinely confused.

“He asked, and I just figured I would help him out,” he murmured. But as he speaks, his eyes dart away

from me, indicating that he’s lying. I’ve always been able to tell when he’s pulling my leg.

“You’d better not be trying to lie to me right now,” I warn, my voice brittle. “I know you too well for that.”

His shoulders slump, and he looks down at his hands, gripping the edge of the bed with white knuckles.

“Alright, fine,” he finally says, his voice low. “It wasn’t that.”

“Then what was it?” I press, but deep down, judging from Karl’s appearance I’m not sure whether I

want to know the answer or not.

Karl hesitates, then takes another ragged breath as though trying to steady himself. “I gave the

ingredients to Adam to bribe him into… into breaking up with you.”

The room spins. My head is swimming with thoughts, feelings, questions. I can’t fathom why Karl would

do such a thing, and I jump up to my feet, my voice rising an octave. “You what? You bribed him to

break up with me? But why?”

“Because, Abby,” Karl’s voice is shaky, “I knew he was g ay, and that he wasn’t being honest with you.

The ingredients were a way to convince him to be just that: honest. To come clean about his

so you wouldn’t waste your time on something that wasn’t

hit me like a sledgehammer, demolishing everything I thought

since when is that any of your concern?” I find myself asking. “I

knight in shining

before. He can’t meet my gaze, and instead

in front of him. “I care about you, Abby,” he says. “I love

a relationship with someone who didn’t

I can understand his reasoning a little bit, but it

involved.

meet my gaze, and it infuriates

To think that all

better person, only for

could see how he looked at you,

I just wanted to

have talked to

eyes darting around in that telltale manner

—”

my hand up to make Karl stop, and pinch the bridge of my

breath I didn’t know I was holding. “You never knew,”

ingredients, at least.”

he murmurs. “Abby,

know you, Karl. I can tell

just so happened to work out in your

like an eternity, Karl finally

that makes my heart drop into my stomach.

first. I

he’d take

All at once, I want to scream, cry, and pass out. I can’t decide

Karl. How could you do something

to say something, to justify himself, but

in his eyes, as if

words can’t fix.

“Abby, I—”

cut him off, my voice breaking. “Just don’t even bother, Karl. I’ve heard enough. And to

this time, I really thought you were changing, becoming a better man like

to take a step toward

you. To be

let out a wry chuckle. “Bu lls

him, putting as much distance between

morning. You can stay here, and you don’t

me. We’re done,