Chapter 100: SILLA

I heard Gabriel’s voice outside in the hallway and jumped up from the bed to run to him in my excitement, forgetting everything that had happened in the morning. I made it as far as the doorway when I looked down the hallway and saw Nikki enter the office behind him.

I stood there waiting, but when he didn’t kick her back out immediately, my hackles rose, and it was all I could do not to rush in there and let him have it. I gripped and clenched my hands into fists and fought back stupid tears. I knew I was being childish, but I couldn’t help it.

It hurt more than it should have that he’d let her in while keeping me out. I stormed back into the room where Chantal was preoccupied watching TikTok videos on her phone. I guess the way I threw myself down on the bed next to her was enough to shake her out of her stupor. Those damn things are addictive. You can waste a whole day and not know it watching the stupidity.