Chapter Nine

Chapter 9

Sylvie tried her best to not let Greg’s words deter her liveliness, but there’s this shaky feeling attached to his words that stuck onto her ever since he said it and left.

Is someone gonna be after her life now that she’s returned? Or worse, come for her babies? Or was he just pulling that stunt because she didn’t allow a conversation to hold between them?

A lot of things ran through her mind, and it was obvious throughout her lunch break with Troye. He had tried to know what went wrong with her mood, but Sylvie never spilled and would just divert his attention.

Their break was soon over and she returned back to her office still full of glum.

She had just sat down by her desk when the landline provided on her table began ringing, the sudden shrill sound almost jerking her out of her seat. She glanced over at Mikel, to see whether he got bothered, but his head remain buried on whatever he’s clicking away on that computer.

He never left the office, he just keeps ghosting