Chapter – 18 | The Arrangement

A person with mere sanity would think twice or even a hundred times before doing what I think I would do.

I felt nothing when I stepped into my father's office. I was given a warm welcome, literally with hot chocolate and a few muffins. It felt as if my father knew I would need those to get through this meeting he had arranged with Irwin.

Irwin sat on the comfortable couch as if he owned the place. His face has healed and I couldn't help the smirk noticing the small white scar, he'd hid with a concealer. Beside him was a woman, I've seen only in the newspapers. Martina Pierce, his mother and the twin of Cruella De Vil–not in the literal sense.

Dad's office was the same as I remembered–nothing changed much since my last visit. The white walls and blinds reminded me more of a hospital room. Even the furniture was white.

I stifled a yawn when Irwin spoke. He spoke nothing new, not that I didn't expect what he needed from me–a lovel