Chapter 52

KIRA:

After taking a deep breath, at least enough to calm me down lest I vent my frustration on someone who doesn’t deserve my tantrum, I open the door to see Bradley standing outside the quarters.

Opening the door apparently caught his attention because he swiftly looks at me, giving an expression that tells he is sober. I am quick to notice that he is in a regular outfit other than his guard uniform. Gives him a completely different identity.

“Hey,” he says a little confidently and I nod a little to that.

My instinct was to usher him into the quarters but recalling that things between him and Adam might not be good yet, I change my mind on it and instead join him outside as I close the door behind me.

To make him know that I was serious this time about having a proper conversation with him, even though I still do not want to, I go to the first step on the balcony and sit while telling him, “What’s up?”

“I know you don’t want to see me but spare me a bit out of your time, will you,”