I STARED INTO THE STEEL WALL as the silence filled up the whole room. My mind may still be left up on the rooftop with Marcus’ official denial of the rumor. Maybe because I didn’t even imagine that it was actually possible to happen—Marcus’ speaking up about it himself—considering that he didn’t do it back then.
My eyes blinked as I tilted my head slightly, processing the whole thing from upstairs. After that threatening word came out of Marcus’ mouth, these siblings— who are with me in this elevator going down to the ground floor—had the audacity to pull me with them for lunch. They didn’t even bother hearing what the employees would say after such a threat, nor watched their reaction. It must have run in the blood to act like they don’t care at all.
“Are you still daydreaming?” I was b
