Kendrick
The door clicked shut behind me like a trigger, and I locked it without thinking. My heart thundered with rage, the kind that wasn’t cold or calculated—it was wild, searing, uncontrollable. I turned the soundproofing knob until the room was sealed from the outside world, and only then did I let the fury spill.
“Why did you leave me alone with Cindy?” I growled, grabbing Kimberly by the arm and spinning her around to face me.
She stumbled slightly, surprised, but her expression stayed flat—unbothered. Cold.
She blinked up at me and frowned like I was the one being unreasonable. “Why shouldn’t I? You two seemed to have a lot to talk about. I didn’t want to be the third wheel.”
My blood boiled. That cool, detached tone she always used when she was upset—when she wanted to make m
