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

Karl announces, setting the bags on the

Karl and

a

softness in his eyes that makes my stomach churn with

longing. “Need

I’m good, thanks.” Then, I turn to Gianna, determined to be cordial.

you doing, Gianna?”

responds tersely, a frosty undertone to

We need to sort some things out before

direction as if to say

the way with a sense

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

back to the counter. “Let’s not

to prepare, and it has to

the record, you’ve got

especially not

not jealous,” I insist, although her words make me feel unexpectedly warm. “Karl and I are

no interest in

a look that says she knows better, but she doesn’t push it.

out the fresh salmon, vibrant vegetables, and a

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