Chapter 0588

Nicholas POV

I retumed to the living room where Veronica and Julian were helping Elva color. Jessica had already excused herself and gone to bed. Both Veronica and Julian looked up at me and their eyes went wide.

"What happened?" Julian asked.

I wanted to tell him but not in front of Elva.

Instead, I turned to Veronica. "Piper is just cleaning up in the kitchen. Please stay here until she comes out to you. Do you mind watching Elva?"

"I can do that," Veronica said.

"And me?" Julian asked.

I finally looked at him. I hoped he would be able to tell a lot from my flat gaze and my words," I'm going to speak with Bridget."

Julian said and hopped

I had

Julian

kissed the top of Elva's head. She barely noticed, so entranced with her coloring. Then, with Julian in tow, we started toward the

each step, Julian uttered a new curse word. By the time we reached the top

knocked. She must have been expecting us - or at least, me. She opened the door right away. Her face was bright when she looked at me. Seeing Julian behind my shoulder

backed into the room

and I stood near the dresser, carefully avoiding the mess of clothes spilling out of her nearby suitcase. Bridget stood nearer the door with

to smile dully, a look of fake confusion on her

her games. It was past time to cut down to the

bland confusion disappears from Bridget's face in a blink of the eye. Good. Maybe she would stop trying to

then," she said.

What the hell

happened in the kitchen," Nicholas said. "What you

could do that so quickly, no wonder she had won so many acting awards. She shifted her entire persona

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255