Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1908

It was already four in the morning, and Sophie was starting to feel the weight of her eyelids. She fished out her phone to shoot a quick text to Colby, just to check in on how things were going over on his end.

But this time, Colby was taking his sweet time getting back to her.

"That's odd..." Sophie mumbled.

"What's up?" Jenna asked, picking up on Sophie's unease.

"Colby's taking forever to reply. It's been like ten minutes. That's not like him at all."

Jenna, sitting at the vanity, felt her own nerves starting to fray. "You think something's up with Adler's wedding prep?"

"Come on, it's a wedding. Even if Adler can be a bit scatterbrained, he wouldn't mess around with something this big, right?"

Sophie thought it over and decided to err on the side of caution by giving Colby a call.

The line was busy forever, and eventually, no one picked up.

huffed, her

one last shot. If he didn't answer, he'd have a lot of explaining to do when she

dial again, her

over there?" Sophie asked, a hint of

assured

was holding. "So, everything's set for the wedding, right? Please

he could finish, Adler's voice piped up

No wedding problems

out the gifts. You know, as the maid

you sure?" Sophie

flustered. "When I say I'm on it, I mean it! Oh, we've got some urgent stuff to handle here, so I'll hang up now. Tell Jenna to just focus on being the beautiful bride she is. I promise she won't

that, Adler hung up

her phone, still

everything really okay? Is there some issue with the

They're just knee-deep in

take that long to