Chapter Thirty Eight_ A deal with the devil

Elena.

Locked in the estate for two days with no one but the kids and a throbbing nose as company wasn't as fun as I thought it would be.

For one, the kids were more whiney than usual.

If Charlotte wasn't running away with something that belonged to Jaden, Jaden was messing up with something that belonged to Charlotte.

A total mess.

I strode through the hallways of the Halloway Estate, carrying a stack of snacks to satisfy my sweet tooth. At almost midnight, I was in no hurry to get back to the room I had acquired for myself in Sebastian's wing.

The building was almost as hollow as the hole in my heart.

I barged into the empty office close to his wing.

"It is common courtesy to knock before entering a room."

I invited myself to the seat in front of him. "It is common courtesy not to punch a woman's nose because of a lover that was never truthful to you."

Ryan's mouth drew in a flat, dissatisfied line.

His face, on the other hand, was healing terribly. Courtesy of Sebastian's knuckles