[Elara’s POV]
I quietly cursed under my breath. Killian politely got up from his chair and made his way to the door.
“There are other things I need to take care of. Use my office and take the call,” he told me.
I watched him leave and reluctantly answered my father’s call. I couldn’t really imagine why he was choosing to call me now, of all times. My stomach bubbled with anxiety for fear that all my recent ‘incidents’ between Killian and me had somehow gotten back to him.
Nonetheless, I begrudgingly answered. “Hello?”
“Elara.” His cold, firm voice filled the speaker of my phone. “I’m mainly calling to tell you that I ran into Killian a few days ago.”
My stomach twisted in knots. “Oh, really?”
“Apparently, he’s taken up some teaching position at your university.”
I closed my ey
