Capitolo XXII

The house was buzzing again when I arrived downstairs the following morning in an olive green blazer dress and black ankle strap heels. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, grumpy and pissed. Why? I had a few reasons in mind. One of which was Lucas spilling unwanted information about his family's secret. And the other reason was because I hadn't had much sleep overthinking about it. That and I woke with a splitting headache from the whiskey. I always had low tolerance with men, but with alcohol? Never.

So when I woke up at 9, I threw a pillow across the room, knocking a few picture frames off the table across my bed simply because I could. It broke and hit the floor, glass going everywhere. I also took my time in the shower, rubbing off the scent of whiskey from last night and the shadow of Lucas' touch from my hair.

I took two aspirins when I left the showe