FELIX
Nadine didn’t even bother to hide her smile as Mila approached the couch. Thankfully, the appearance of her sister had caught her off-guard, so I was successfully able to shove her off my lap. Nadine landed with an awkward thump on the ground.
“Mila!” she said, in a tone of fake surprise. “Oh dear, you’ve caught us! How sad! How humiliating for you!”
Mila looked more confused than upset as she looked from one of us to the other. My heart was racing. I had to fix this. I could not lose her again.
“Mila, please, it’s not what it looks like,” I said, my voice full of desperation. “Nadine told me she wanted my advice on how to apologize to you and the next thing I know, she was on top of me. I didn’t even know she wasn’t wearing anything under the robe!”
Mila’s eyes travel
