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

deep down, judging from Karl’s appearance I’m

the answer

ragged breath as though trying to

to Adam to bribe him

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

to my feet,

up with me?

Karl’s voice is shaky, “I knew he was ga y, and

way to convince him to be

your time on something

like a sledgehammer, demolishing everything I thought I knew. I look

find myself

in

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

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

tangled up in a relationship with someone who didn’t feel the

I can understand his reasoning a little bit, but it doesn’t

gotten involved. It wasn’t

gaze, and

at my hair. To think that all this time