#Chapter 93: A New Angle

Abby

I push open the door to the restaurant, the soft chime signaling my unexpected entrance. I feel the

weight of curious gazes on me—Daisy, Ethan, a few waiters. They’re all surprised to see me back so

early.

“Abby, what are you doing here?” Ethan asks, a mix of confusion and concern etching his face. “We

thought you weren’t supposed to be back from your vacation until tomorrow.”

“I just… wasn’t really feeling it,” I say, forcing a smile that probably looks more like a grimace. “I

decided to come back a little early.”

Ethan nods. Maybe he’s satisfied with my response, or maybe he just figures that it’s not his business.

But then my eyes lock with Chloe’s. The slight tilt of her head, the thin press of her lips—it all screams,

‘We need to talk.’

“As happy as I am to see you home early,” Chloe says, lowering her voice, “I think we should talk.

Now.”

As soon as we’re enclosed in the privacy of my dimly lit office, Chloe locks the door and turns to me

with an expression that’s a cross between a detective and a protective sister.

“Okay, start talking,” she says, folding her arms across her chest. “What happened?”

I let out an almost inaudible sigh, feeling the burden of the past few days settle on my shoulders. But

I’ve resolved not to tell her—or anyone, for that matter. It’s too embarrassing. “Nothing happened. I just

decided to come home early.”

Her eyebrows lift. “Oh yeah? Just got lonely on your ‘solo vacation’, hm?”

I give her a half-smile. “Yup.”

“Alright.” Chloe sits down, leaning her elbows on the desk. There’s an air of annoyance about her. “Tell

me the truth, Abby. All of it.”

know that

breath, I start to recount the events—how Karl and I

home, the dinner, the email,

you?”

fury on my

say. “Adam is gay. But that’s besides

fists. “Right,” she says. “What really sucks is that Karl was

regardless of Adam’s

hand through my hair. “And I really thought that Karl was

person, too.”

sighing as she pinches the bridge of her

for letting him manipulate us

“No kidding.”

say when you confronted

tried to justify it by saying that he could tell that Adam didn’t have the same feelings for me as

me in the long run by

could have just talked to you.

would have listened to him. But yeah, telling me about

person would

both furious and incredibly sad at the same time, which

how I feel. That, and I feel like

he apologize?” she

But it’s not

good enough?”

I say, pacing across the room to stare

toward no. He’d have to beg

rises from her seat and comes around the desk to hug me. “And even then,” she continues,

“maybe you shouldn’t let him back

that he’s

her words. But the fact of the matter is,

thinking back to my wolf’s sudden

to me. Part of me wants to mention that to Chloe.

away and smile, grateful for my friend’s

listening to

grins. “Hey, what else are friends for? And if he shows his face here again, I’ll be sure

a piece of

in line,”

what’s the plan now?” she asks, her tone shifting back

now, my main priority is the restaurant,” I

on yourself and your career, Abby. No one else; especially

right. No men. For now, I just need to focus

nods, a grin spreading across her lips.

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