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

everything you asked for,” Karl announces, setting the bags

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

a lot

replies, a softness in his eyes that

longing. “Need

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

you doing, Gianna?”

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

I speak to you privately? We need to sort some

Karl says, casting a glance in my direction as if to

Gianna leading the way with a sense

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

something—something that unsettles me.

snorts with what sounds like outright

the counter. “Let’s

to prepare, and it has

says. “Though, for the record, you’ve got no

especially

make me feel unexpectedly

have no interest

knows better, but she doesn’t push it. Instead,

the fresh salmon, vibrant vegetables,

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