#Chapter 92: The Butler’s Secret — Part I

Karl

As I watch the train speed away, a new form of emptiness settles in my stomach.

Abby is pissed at me; I know that. I know that what I did with Adam was messed up, and I guess I

hoped in some sort of naive way that she would never find out. Well, she found out. And she’s furious.

Hell, she might not even want to see me ever again.

“You’ve got to fix this,” my wolf growls, his voice stern in the back of my mind.

“You think I don’t know that?” snap back internally as I begin to make my way back to the car. “But at

this point, I don’t even know if Abby will listen to me anymore. You saw how pissed she was this

morning.”

“Make her listen, then. She’ll cool off and will be more willing to hear you out with time.”

“And what until then?” I ask. “What the hell am I supposed to do while I wait for her to miraculously

‘cool off’?”

My wolf pauses for a moment. I put the car in drive and pull out of the parking lot, and that’s when he

speaks up again.

“You can start with that awful secretary of yours,” he finally says. “Show Abby where your loyalties lie.

That secretary has been a point of contention since the beginning.”

As much as I hate to admit it, I know that my wolf is right. Gianna has been a problem, even more so

now that I know what her true motives are. If she really has had feelings for me all these years, I would

have to wonder whether these feelings of hers ever impacted certain things.

In fact, I remember Abby mentioning on multiple occasions that she had to make an appointment with

my secretary just to see me; which, now that I think about it, was never true.

At the time, I thought that Abby was just misremembering things, or maybe exaggerating because she

was angry. But now I know better. Gods, I should’ve listened to Abby from the beginning.

ways like that, even back then? Trying

with me?

has given me a new resolve, and I swerve

road toward

to have a

feel my wolf nodding in approval as I knock on the door to Gianna’s house. The

slightly beneath my hand, never having fully latched after its last use. I decide to poke

to halt in

is sitting there, casually chatting with her

wide while Gerald plasters a

Karl,” he says, standing. “How

doing here, Gerald?” I ask. I didn’t know that

giving anything

of the chair and smiles. “Actually, I was just leaving.

he’s gone, Gianna meets my gaze again. “Karl… What

look her straight in the eye. “Gianna, we

Abby were not only inappropriate but also

to stop her. “Let me finish. If you ever

that again, or make another unwarranted advance

can’t be

I cut her off sharply, knowing what her

love you, Gianna. I’m sorry, but I never have and I never will. Abby is

Luna again. If you have a problem with that, then you can

elsewhere.”

me, her eyes filling with tears, and for a moment I think she’s going to argue.

her shoulders

at her desk

else. I turn on my heels and walk out of the

with her own

the grand staircase that leads to my office.

take, laden with

think to my wolf. “I’ve decided that I’m going to write Abby

genuine letter that’s going to make her see exactly why I

a new document on my laptop.

but as it turns out, it’s much more difficult than I thought

I begin, then pause, staring at the blinking cursor on

distant.

back?” my wolf

the screen is empty again. “Alright, let’s try

please hear me out—”

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