Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

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.

fine,” he finally says, his voice low. “It

down, judging from Karl’s appearance I’m

the

ragged breath as though trying to steady himself. “I gave

to bribe him into…

is swimming with thoughts, feelings, questions. I can’t fathom why Karl

my feet, my voice rising an octave. “You what? You bribed him

up with

Abby,” Karl’s voice is shaky, “I knew he was ga y, and that he wasn’t being honest

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

your time

like a sledgehammer, demolishing everything I thought

since when is that any of your concern?” I find myself asking. “I don’t recall

knight in shining

pale as before. He can’t meet my gaze, and instead keeps his

him. “I care about you, Abby,” he says. “I

a relationship with someone who didn’t

words give me pause. I can understand his reasoning

have gotten involved.

meet my gaze, and it infuriates

that all this time I