Chapter 0141
Abby

“Gerald, Abby, would one of you care to explain what’s going on?”

Karl’s voice is somehow exceedingly calm, juxtaposed against the chaotic energy filling the room. I feel

like I’ve just stepped into a scene that I never should have witnessed with my own eyes, like a

complete stranger in a home that I once used to rule.

Gerald wastes no time with his explanation. “I found her in your private office upstairs, sir,” he

announces, as if he’s just solved a great mystery. “She was reading your emails, going through your

personal computer.”

Karl turns toward me, his face covered in a puzzled expression. “Abby? Is this true?”

I nod, feeling embarrassed. “Yes, to an extent. But—”

Suddenly, Gerald butts in before I can finish. “Sir, I’ve always suspected she’s a spy for another pack,

and this just further proves my point.”

My jaw drops open, incredulous. I whirl around to face Gerald, wincing against his iron grip on my arm.

spy? Are you losing your marbles? What pack would I even be spying for,

why?”

slits of suspicion.

years. Your behavior has always been…off. Perhaps you even plotted

his name? The one who has conveniently run away—to create this

fiasco as a distraction.”

feels like I’ve just stepped into some sort

wild accusations are flung around like

you’re completely delusional,” I fire back, my voice shaking with a mixture

done any such thing. You’re so busy playing detective that you’re

there are

scoffs. “Ha! As if I

off the walls of the study, drowning out

room falls silent, like a courtroom awaiting a verdict.

on the desk behind Karl, a knowing

I can do is think back to the moment I witnessed between her and

somehow? To make me look bad in front of Karl? I always knew that Gianna hated

a new low,

onto mine, and for a brief moment, I

to tell. Then he turns his

interrupt her,” Karl commands, his voice as icy as his stare. He turns back

just as icy. It’s clear that he’s not entirely sure who to believe right now. “Abby, explain

frozen, my eyes locked onto Karl’s. The atmosphere is so thick with tension, you

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