- Luca
I should’ve known better than to think I could crush a rumor once it learned how to walk.
The moment I stepped into the office, I immediately hit a wall of tension.
Kenia already stood by my desk, holding her tablet and her jaw set in a hard line. When she bypassed the greetings and small talk, I knew we were already in the middle of a disaster.
That alone told me everything.
“Say it,” I muttered, tossing my coat aside.
She turned the tablet toward me. The same photo I’d been dreading all night blazed across the screen.
It was Ivy and me. The camera had captured the two of us perfectly: me, gripping her as if to keep her from collapsing; and Ivy, looking fragile and frail, playing the part of the victim to perfection.
I exhaled through my teeth and snatched
