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 patience

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

was about to dial again, her phone

radio silence? Is everything okay over there?" Sophie asked, a

but it's nothing we can't handle," Colby assured her quickly. "Don't worry, babe. I

everything's set for

finish, Adler's

No wedding

overthinking it! We were just sorting out the gifts. You know, as the

you sure?"

Adler replied, sounding a bit flustered. "When I say I'm on it, I mean it! Oh, we've got some urgent stuff to handle here, so I'll

that, Adler hung

at her

there some issue with the wedding?" Jenna asked, her

"Adler said everything's fine. They're just knee-deep in getting gifts ready

long to sort