Chapter 10

Thea was tempted to leave Anthony to his gloomy thoughts, but she didn’t want to freeze upstairs. Granted, it wasn’t that cold, but it was the principle of the thing.

She sat down on the couch next to him with two plates of food: one for her, and one for Sneaky. She tore up some of the lettuce and placed it inside the box. She smiled when Sneaky immediately began eating. Soon, she’d have to figure out a way to let him get some exercise. She’d tried to let him hop around her room earlier, but he’d hidden in a corner the entire time.

Thea then bit into a carrot stick of her own, loudly crunching it. Anthony raised a sardonic eyebrow, but she just smiled widely.

“You said you have four siblings?” said Anthony apropos of nothing.

It was her turn to raise an eyebrow. Why did he suddenly care? She bit into another carrot. “Yeah. Why?”

He shrugged. “I could tell. You acted like an older sister.”

She wanted to snort. She sure as hell hadn’t been thinking about Anthony like an older siste