Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0149
Abby

I push open the door to the restaurant, the soft chime signaling my unexpected entrance. I feel the

weight of curious gazes on me—Daisy, Ethan, a few waiters. They’re all surprised to see me back so

early.

“Abby, what are you doing here?” Ethan asks, a mix of confusion and concern etching his face. “We

thought you weren’t supposed to be back from your vacation until tomorrow.”

“I just… wasn’t really feeling it,” I say, forcing a smile that probably looks more like a grimace. “I

decided to come back a little early.”

Ethan nods. Maybe he’s satisfied with my response, or maybe he just figures that it’s not his business.

But then my eyes lock with Chloe’s. The slight tilt of her head, the thin press of her lips—it all screams,

‘We need to talk.’

“As happy as I am to see you home early,” Chloe says, lowering her voice, “I think we should talk.

Now.”

the privacy of my dimly lit office, Chloe locks the door and turns

that’s a cross between a detective and a

says, folding her arms across her chest. “What

an almost inaudible sigh, feeling the burden of the past few days

resolved not to tell her—or anyone, for that matter. It’s too embarrassing. “Nothing happened. I

come home

yeah? Just got lonely on

give her

elbows on the desk. There’s an air of

truth, Abby. All of

but I know that it’s

Taking a deep breath, I start to recount the events—how Karl and I went

the dinner, the email,

into leaving you?” Chloe’s

indignant fury on

is gay. But that’s besides

“Right,” she says. “What really sucks is that Karl was going

regardless of Adam’s

running a hand through my hair. “And I really thought that Karl was becoming a

person, too.”

back, sighing as she pinches the bridge of her nose. “It’s just so… shitty,

him manipulate us into thinking

“No kidding.”