Chapter 487

She didn't feel the need to explain herself to him. It just wasn't worth the emotional energy.

"Mr. Everett, you're one to talk," she shot back, her lips curling into a sly smile. Over the past three years, he hadn't been twiddling his thumbs either. Without her, without Margot, a new flame had come into the picture and was clearly his favorite, making both her and Margot look like yesterday's news.

So, if she had started something, he had taken it to a whole new level. What gave him the right to be so confrontational now? Three years had passed, and she'd hoped he might have matured a bit, maybe picked up a bit of gentlemanly grace. But no, a jerk remains a jerk, no matter how much time passes!

Everett looked taken aback for a moment. It took him a second to catch on to who she was talking about. After all, she'd seen him with Yasmine in the hall.

Something flickered in his eyes as he stared at her, his gaze sharp and searching. He scrutinized her, as if trying to see right through her, before finally speaking. "Selena, Yasmine and I..."

But his words were cut off by the sudden ringtone of a phone.

down at the phone Selena was holding, its screen

a few, which he'd found way too sugary until she whispered them during

their falling out, he hadn't heard those names again. Now,

cold, and he gripped Selena's wrist tightly, his tone sharp and demanding, "Is it

you never called me anything that sappy when we were

Callum? Did it mean she'd been with

son Mateo, not Dr. Campbell! But Mateo was a secret she had to protect at all costs. If Everett found

son!

not giving anything away, and replied coolly, "Mr. Everett, what I call someone is none of your business, right? I don't need your

tried to pry his hand off, desperate to free herself from his grasp. Her resistance only

the phone from her hand, his dark

eyes widened,

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