Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0153
Abby

“Need a hand?”

Just as I’m about to toss the greasy pan into the soapy water to soak overnight and call it a night, I hear

the all-too-familiar voice call out from behind me, and everything seems to stop. It’s all I can do to stiffly

turn around, my eyes widening and my heart pounding.

There he is, standing in the doorway, his hands in his pockets and his hair slightly tousled. I should be

excited to see him, but I’m not.

The nerve of him, showing up like this, after everything.

“Karl?”

“Hey, Abby.” A soft smile graces his lips, but instead of charming me like it used to, it just fills me with

rage.

“Karl, what the hell are you doing here?” My voice comes out so low that it’s hardly more than a growl.

He pauses, as though searching for the right words. Finally, when he speaks, it somehow fills me with

even more rage than before. “I miss you, Abby. Let’s work this out.”

“Work this out?” I think to myself. The thought of it almost makes me laugh, but at the same time, I

can’t hold in my rage anymore. In a knee-jerk reaction, I rip off my apron and hurl it at him, although I

would really prefer to hurl the frying pan instead.

“Get out, Karl!” I spit the words out like venom, my voice laden with a mixture of anger, surprise, and a

hint of betrayal. “You have no right to be here! I’m not working anything out with you!”

Karl, calm and collected as ever, dodges the flying apron. His eyes never leave mine, and his

expression remains surprisingly level and open. He steps forward, cautiously, as if approaching a

wounded animal.

please,” he begins, his voice tinged with an emotion I can’t quite place.

okay?”

out!” My voice booms across the kitchen, but there’s

him makes me want to cry, laugh, and scream all

once.

I last saw him, and yet somehow

one another, I can

seems unperturbed by my demands and takes another step

if I didn’t

I just wanted to

failing to hide the unmistakable waver in it. “You

privileges when you did what you did with Adam. Leave.

Karl steps closer. In fact,

us, backing me up against the wall.

into the warmth of

him away. I should scream and tell him to get the hell out of

kitchen. But I can’t.

hate to admit it, his arms around me feel like a missing piece snapping back

wolf inside me stir, her senses heightening at his touch, her anxiety ebbing

accumulating inside me starts to lift, ever

just walk in here like you still belong,” I say,

to put some semblance of

if it works. “Not after what you did to

loosening around me but

But I had to

has a right to be a part

wrestling with anger,

pace restlessly inside of me, equally agitated

suspicion that she’s more agitated at me right now than

of yourself,” I finally snap, glaring at him with unrestrained fury.

rare ingredients, knowing fully well what they

manipulated the man

Abby,” he says,

about his orientation, Karl,” I hiss. “What

behind my back. Do you have any idea how despicable that

even does something

shade that stands in stark contrast to his usually

hands in his. His skin is warm, and for a fleeting

to a