Chapter 0133
Abby

I’m in the kitchen organizing my thoughts, sketching out a me ntal roadmap for tonight’s three-course

extravaganza as I mumble under my breath.

“Sauvignon Blanc with the salmon… Hmm… Maybe I should prepare cappuccinos with the torte for

dessert…”

Just then, the door swings open, and in walks Karl, bags of groceries in hand. Gianna, his ever-present

secretary, trails closely behind him.

My heart does a little dance at the sight of Karl, a knee-jerk reaction I’ve never been able to fully quell.

Even with my wolf being asleep, the presence he creates when he walks into a room always makes her

lurch in my mind, as though she can always sense him in her sleep.

In a way, it’s frustrating. I want to yell at my wolf for leaving me alone and then momentarily

reappearing every time the man who broke my heart walks into the room, but I know it won’t do any

good.

However, something else is on my mind right now. I can’t help but notice how well they seem to get

has just said. A pang of jealousy surges through

Abby. Got everything you asked for,” Karl announces, setting the bags

Karl and I are just

means a

his eyes that makes my stomach churn with

longing. “Need anything

shake my head. “No. I’m good, thanks.” Then, I turn to Gianna, determined to be

you doing, Gianna?”

a frosty undertone to her voice. Then, shifting her attention to

speak to you privately? We need to sort some things out

Karl says, casting a glance in my direction as if to say ‘I’ll be back soon.’

leading the way with a sense

go, feeling a strange knot tighten in my stomach. It’s not jealousy, not exactly,

something—something that unsettles me.

outright disgust. “G ods, I can’t stand that

the

and it has

record, you’ve got no

especially not

make me feel unexpectedly warm. “Karl

have no

that says she knows better, but she doesn’t

laying out the fresh salmon, vibrant vegetables, and a variety of spices

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