Abby

I’m sitting by myself in the breakroom, my fingers wrapped around a cardboard

cup of coffee from the vending machine. The coffee has already gone cold, but

it’s not like I was drinking it anyway. The taste was too bitter for what I need right

now.

Karl stepped out just a few minutes ago. He said he had to make a call, and I’m

too numb to question it. Right now, I welcome the silence of the breakroom. I

needed it after that little display on the stage.

I can still feel the heat from the stage lights, the biting sting of Logan’s harsh

words. “You should know your ingredients.” His voice replays in my head like a

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voice pulsing alongside the pounding headache I

now.

Bryan strides in, his phone

shoots me a distracted nod before he murmurs an apology

seeking privacy for his call. My solitude

to my chagrin, Daniel enters the breakroom just

when he sees me, his eyes lip up with a smirk that makes

blood boil.

he says, pouring himself a coffee.

as I expected.

anything to do with it?” The accusation

can weigh the consequences.

turns, leaning back against the counter, his eyes narrowing into

I don’t

switched. You were the only one who—” I start, but

I shouldn’t finish. It’s too much of a leap, and I don’t have

evidence.

did, which I didn’t, you should have known,” he hisses. “A chef

ingredients by smell, by taste.”

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