Chapter 202. Who Is Vanessa?

Zeyneb was obviously avoiding me the entire day.

It wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t accidental. It was deliberate in the most infuriating way possible.

Every time I tried to approach her, she shifted just slightly—never enough to look rude, never enough to draw attention. When I spoke to her, her responses were polite, composed, and distant. Too pleasant. Too measured. As if we hadn’t fucked against marble pillars under chandeliers while dressed in formal wear just hours ago.

As if she hadn’t clutched my shoulders and whispered my name like it mattered.

‘You must have said something rude to her,’ Loki barked inside my head.

I clenched my jaw.

‘I didn’t do anything to offend her.’

Loki scoffed, unimpressed. He hated that we weren’t close