Chapter 0143
Abby

At the mention of the email and the rare ingredients, Karl’s face turns pale. Seeing him like this

instantly fills me with an odd sense of dread as my mind begins to whirl with unending questions: why

did Adam send him that email? Why did Karl give him rare ingredients? When did Karl give him rare

ingredients?

“Karl, please tell me what’s wrong,” I say again, more urgently this time.

He takes a deep breath, then finally speaks. “I bought a ton of ingredients for Adam,” he admits, his

voice barely above a whisper. “Rare ones. For his restaurant.”

My heart is in my throat. “For Adam’s restaurant? But why?” I ask, genuinely confused.

“He asked, and I just figured I would help him out,” he murmured. But as he speaks, his eyes dart away

from me, indicating that he’s lying. I’ve always been able to tell when he’s pulling my leg.

“You’d better not be trying to lie to me right now,” I warn, my voice brittle. “I know you too well for that.”

His shoulders slump, and he looks down at his hands, gripping the edge of the bed with white knuckles.

says, his voice low. “It

it?” I press, but deep down, judging

know the answer

takes another ragged breath as though trying to

to bribe him into… into

My head is swimming with thoughts,

and I jump up to my feet,

with

is shaky, “I knew he was ga y, and that he

were a way to convince him to be just that: honest. To come

waste your time on

hit me like a sledgehammer, demolishing everything

that any of your concern?” I find myself asking.

knight in shining

pauses, his face still as pale as before. He can’t meet my gaze, and instead

care about you, Abby,” he says. “I love you. It pained me

someone who didn’t

reasoning a little bit, but it doesn’t

involved. It wasn’t your

meet my gaze, and it

hair. To think that all this time I thought that

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