Later that evening, I made my way to dinner. In the afternoon, I had ordered lunch to be sent to my room. Ryan's attitude had unsettled me. I was torn between acting indifferent to Ryan and being angry at him. On some level, his attitude this afternoon had hurt. I guessed it was because I genuinely liked Ryan and Naomi. I wanted to get my emotions under some control before being forced into an interaction with Ryan again. With the way he had acted, I felt sure that Kane had ordered him to stay away from me. I frowned, clenching my teeth in annoyance. Kane's authoritative nature only spurred me on to rile him the more.
I now felt capable of dealing with the situation. My parents and a couple of Kane's men were at the dining table. None of Kane's men I had seen this afternoon were there.
