Chapter 20


Her social media posts were configured to vanish after three days, and sometimes, she couldn't even recall what she shared. But Joshua remembered every little detail.

Shawn, though? He never really paid attention to her updates. Even if she gave Shawn a heads-up about a business trip, he still called on the day she was leaving, clueless about why she was not in Havenbrook.

She had dreams of traveling with Shawn to places she had mentioned countless times. Yet, those destinations remained unvisited.

Turns out, being cared for feels different.

Allison finally gave in, rattling off the address to Shawn's villa for Joshua.

Joshua confirmed, "You'll be around tomorrow morning, right? I'll have the car delivered then.”

"Yeah, I'll be here."

call, Shawn walked in with Kate. Allison was nestled on the living room couch, engrossed in a TV

gave them a sideways glance but didn't utter

Kate greeted

sofa, eyes glued to

beside her, unfazed. "You're into

for a shower," and disappeared upstairs,

saw that video, right?" she said with

She just nodded, eyes never leaving

by Allison's nonchalance. Her eyes were full of disdain. "You act all cool. Let's

"My act is

heading upstairs. “Shawn, I'm joining you for

Allison's way, but

Kate sat together, leaving Allison on her

"Did you have fun in the

Shawn snapped, anger seeping

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