Always Into You

The great mediator - Chapter 25

Christopher’s POV

The phone vibrated on the table, its glow cutting through the dimly lit room. I ignored it at first, letting it buzz against the polished wood. But when it didn’t stop, when the insistent rhythm kept hammering into my skull. I finally picked it up.

Amalia Archafall. The name in the phone

I groaned. Of all people.

I almost let it ring out, but something about Amalia was unsettling. She wasn’t the type to call for nothing. And she wasn’t the type to accept being ignored.

With a sharp sigh, I swiped the call open and pressed the phone to my ear.

“What do you want?” I snapped, not bothering with pleasantries.

Silence.

Then, a chuckle. Slow. Dragging. A sound that felt like fingers running over piano keys in a dimly lit room.

“Christopher,” Amalia purred. “My dear, sw