#Chapter 150: An Unexpected & Unwelcome Visitor

Moana

When I woke up and found that Edrick was gone, I was confused. It was still early, and he usually didn’t leave for work until a little later. I figured that he just got up early and was having breakfast in the dining room, so I got up and made my way out there to see where he was.

However, when I headed out to the dining room, Edrick wasn’t there. His study door was also open and he wasn’t in there, either. Furrowing my brow, I headed into the kitchen next, where Selina was already awake and preparing some coffee.

“Good morning,” she said. “Coffee?”

“Yes, please,” I replied as I walked up to the counter island. I then looked around, my brow still furrowed. “Have you seen Edrick?”

Selina shrugged. “I haven’t seen him yet this morning. Was he not in bed?”

I shook my head. It was still a bit awkward to hear others, especially Selina, mention the fact that Edrick and I slept in the same bed so casually. But I was getting used to it. “He wasn’t there,” I replied. “I guess he left for work early.”

Selina and I shared some coffee in the kitchen. As much as I loved Ella, it was nice to have a little bit of quiet time in the mornings before she woke up, and lately I had been spending more time getting to know Selina. I felt as though she was opening up to me more and more the longer I lived here, and I even felt as though I could begin to call her a friend.

However, Selina and I weren’t sitting there for long before we heard the elevator doors open.

“That must be him,” she said, standing. “Maybe he just went out for a run early this morning or something.”

out of the kitchen doorway, hoping to

wasn’t Edrick. It was his

at me from the foyer, his gaze traveling down to my nightgown. I had my

is it?” Selina asked

“It’s Michael.”

into the dining room. “Good morning,

voice

this morning,” Selina replied. “We think

coldly at me over Selina’s shoulder. His steely gray eyes shot daggers at me, and I felt like

on the wooden floor and made a horrible screeching sound that made both Selina

sitting and crossing his legs over each other. He leaned back in the chair and folded his hands in his lap, then stared

on her heel and scurried into the kitchen. My eyes, however, stayed glued on Michael, and I instinctively placed my hand over my

said, not wanting to be impolite despite the fact that Edrick’s father scared

swallowed, hard, as he just continued to stare intensely

in front of Michael and picked

to serve

position that Michael was trying to put me in. But nonetheless, I nodded and walked up to the table. Selina walked away, returning to the kitchen, although I knew that she was still keeping

and thick with tension as I walked over to Michael. He watched me like a hawk as I poured the tea. I tried

poured the tea and went to set the teapot back down. However, before I could, his hand shot out again; not to

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