Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0144
There’s a long, heavy silence. After what feels like an eternity, Karl finally meets my eyes, and there’s a

raw, aching vulnerability there that makes my heart drop into my stomach. “You’re right,” he says

quietly, his voice filled with regret. “I didn’t know at first. I just knew that he wasn’t that invested in you,

and figured that he’d take the bait.”

My heart shatters. All at once, I want to scream, cry, and pass out. I can’t decide which; maybe all

three. “I can’t believe this, Karl. How could you do something like that? Something so… c unning?”

He looks as if he wants to say something, to justify himself, but he doesn’t. Instead, he stands there,

staring at me with a sort of defeated look in his eyes, as if realizing that there are some things that even

words can’t fix.

“Abby, I—”

“Don’t,” I cut him off, my voice breaking. “Just don’t even bother, Karl. I’ve heard enough. And to think

that all this time, I really thought you were changing, becoming a better man like you said you would.”

a step toward me. “Trust

To

help but let out a

as much distance between us as the

stay here, and you

with me.

crumples, but he doesn’t argue. He knows he’s lost this battle, this war,

us have lost in our own ways. For a moment, we lock eyes, and I see a

for any longer. Just looking at him

word, Karl crosses to the door to leave. But he pauses there, his hand on

looking over his shoulder. “I’m so sorry, Abby,”

“I never wanted

for that, Karl. You

…

I’m still at my desk, hunched over my laptop as I try to

home.

I can’t reconcile with is the gnawing question that keeps

Would Adam have taken Karl’s bribe regardless of his orientation? Did

expedite the inevitable? Or did they manipulate the

and a fool out of