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.

everything you asked for,” Karl announces,

shake off the jealousy, reminding myself that Karl and I are just friends now. “Thank you, both

a lot to

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

longing. “Need anything

I turn to Gianna, determined to be cordial. “How

you doing, Gianna?”

tersely, a frosty undertone to her

you privately? We need to sort some things out before the

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

room, Gianna leading the way with a

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

something—something that unsettles me.

Elsie snorts with what sounds like outright disgust. “G ods, I can’t

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

prepare, and it

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

your place, especially not

words make me feel

no interest in

better, but

fresh salmon, vibrant

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