Chapter 14

“What was that about?” Pearl asked as soon as we got out of the cafe.

I shook my head and clutched at my coffee. I didn’t even know which type of coffee it was. But I already knew I was not going to drink it. Parker had surely made it or had had it made. I definitely didn’t want to die today.

Okay. Maybe that was an exaggeration. But I didn’t trust him one bit. And I felt like he was the type of person to take his revenge. He looked so vindictive.

I sighed and got into Pearl’s car. Could this day just come to an end? I noticed Pearl looking at me curiously, and to my greatest delight, she didn’t ask anything from me. For that, I was grateful. I really didn’t want to answer any questions concerning Parker now.

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It was finally evening. I could finally go home. The day had been a long one. Not only because of Parker. When I came back from my lunch break, there was a pile of files I had to work on my d