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

just

Karl announces, setting the bags

and I are just friends

means a lot to

a softness in his eyes that makes my stomach churn with a mix

longing. “Need anything

I’m good, thanks.” Then, I

you doing, Gianna?”

to her voice. Then, shifting her attention

We need to sort some things out before the

glance in my direction as if to say

room, Gianna leading the way with

watch them 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

at Elsie’s blunt honesty, I turn back to the counter. “Let’s not

to prepare, and it has

she says. “Though, for the record, you’ve got no reason to be jealous. No

place, especially not

not jealous,” I insist, although her words make me feel unexpectedly warm.

have no interest in

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

fresh salmon, vibrant

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