Chapter 85

I turn to walk out, moving to dodge incoming people and walk straight into the chest of one of the customers using umbrellas to shield them from the weather as he appears from behind the group. Hurting myself with a thud due to how frail my body feels and almost fall until the stranger catches hold of me and rights me on my feet, soaking his overcoat in the process.

“Sorry… I’m…” I break into a coughing fit, scratchy throat prevailing as I chuck up a lung, trying to catch my breath and end up leaning forward in a bid not to choke. I know I must be a pitiful sight, and as a familiar voice pours over me, it makes my body recoil despite my position. I would know that voice anywhere, and I am in no way prepared to hear it right now.

“Camilla? What the hell are you doing out here?” I jerk back up as the umbrella recedes into the hands of the black-clothed escorts and realise I am face to face with Alexi Carrero, his shadow of the entourage and his busty date in the doorway of