Chapter 48. Inlet

It had been four days since Nadine moved into Dre’s home. The tension in the house was stifling.

“What part of ‘I don’t want that horrible looking coffee’ do you not understand?! I need a cream latte. You should get me omelets too, swine,” Nadine said to Cecilia who had a disgusted look on her face. Ellise, who'd been making a call to Xanthis, was making her way down the stairs when she heard Nadine’s rude statement.

“Hey, Ellise?” Xanthis said from the phone. He’d apparently picked the call but she was no longer interested in it.

“I’ll call you later,” she said and cut the call.

With anger pulsing through her, she walked up to Nadine.

“What the hell is wrong with you?! You just show up and begin to order people around?! Are you crazy?! She’s older than you! You have no right to do that to her! She’s not your slave or something! If you want something, go and get it yourself, bitch,” she snapped.

Nadine whistled under her breath.

“Wow, l