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

laughing at something Karl has just said. A pang of jealousy

for,” Karl announces, setting the

reminding myself that Karl and I are just friends now. “Thank you, both of

a lot

Karl replies, a softness in his eyes that makes

“Need

“No. I’m good, thanks.” Then, I turn to Gianna, determined

you doing, Gianna?”

tersely, a frosty undertone to

speak to you privately? We need

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

leading the way with a sense of

in my stomach. It’s not jealousy, not exactly, but

something—something that unsettles me.

sounds like outright disgust. “G ods, I

the counter. “Let’s not focus on her, Elsie. We’ve got

prepare, and it has

right, Abby,” she says. “Though, for the record, you’ve got no

place, especially

although her words make me feel unexpectedly

have no

she knows better, but

salmon, vibrant vegetables,

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