CHAPTER HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX

Monday at work, I avoided Ryan like a plague. If he was coming one way, I would go the other way. Judy was back at work too and I couldn’t help but feel her eyes on me every once in a while.

‘Hey mama.’ I smiled at Aly’s text.

‘Hey. How are you?’ I texted back.

‘Aarav’s mum is driving me nuts.’ I giggled.

Apparently, Aarav’s mother was staying for a few days at their place because she had things to do in the states and it just seemed more economical to stay with them.

I rolled my eyes at that when Aly told me.

She could damn well afford wherever the hell she wanted to stay, she just wanted to see her son really. She would wake up earlier than they did and she made more than enough noise to keep them groggy every morning.

‘Sorry. When is she supposed to leave though?’ I looked at my screen briefly and minimised the tabs I’d kept open and hibernated my system.

I excused myself from the office for my coffee break, almost bumping into Lilian, another coworker of mine who seemed not to li