Chapter 90 : Celebration

Christian

I was not ready for this direct question from her. Well, I should have expected this after acting so stupid a while ago. She's not dumb to notice everything.

Should I just tell her?

Darn it! I can't. Until I'm fully sure that Thea isn't lying, I can't say anything to Ivanna. Before panicking, she would build hopes that Chrissie could get bone marrow. I don't want it to come out as a lie and break her hopes.

"You're hiding something from me, Chris?" Her voice tone suddenly changes into a serious one as she scans me with her lingering gaze.

"No!" I snap. "Why do you feel like that? I never hid something from you"

But now I'm doing it.

She takes a few seconds to stare at me, making my heart pound against my chest. Then she smiles, squeezing my hand.

"I know. I can see you're disturbed about all this. Maybe, you reacted out of nowhere", she says.

The thing which makes me feel bad the most is I never needed to give her an explanation. She never asked for one. Instead, she just