Chapter 37

(Ava’s POV)

"C'mon Lily, let's get back to work"

I'm met with silence.

"Lily?"

More silence.

"Liliana Crowe !" I whisper-yell, hoping my use of her full government name would make her appear from where ever she disappeared to, but no. The girl really just up and left me.

I turn to my left and then my right to make sure the heat of the day isn't making me hallucinate, but it's not.

Lily is really not within my vicinity.

Oh for goodness sakes this girl!

I spot tufts of her recently dyed strawberry blonde hair on the escalator, arms raised in ecstasy with a gigantic smile on her face." Of course she had ulterior motives for following me here" I groan and facepalm, appalled at myself for letting this happen in the first place.

I grudgingly trudge into the building, muttering under my breath. "Lily is my friend. When we get back to work, I'm