Chapter 486

"Ms. Kay, you're here! I thought you weren't coming," Ron said, striding in with a bag just as I was checking if breakfast had somehow disappeared into thin air.

"Ta-da! Breakfast!" he announced.

At that moment, it clicked.

Breakfast had arrived all right—just not the one Wayne sent.

I gave Ron a look, waiting. He didn't usually bring me breakfast without some kind of reason.

Sure enough, as he set the food down, he said, "I got called in at five this morning, and I was starving, so I, uh, ate the breakfast on your desk. This one's a replacement."

Oh, please. Like I was buying that.

But I was too tired to start anything. "You didn't have to replace it. I already ate."

Total lie. I hadn't eaten at all; I'd barely had an appetite the past few days. And when I did eat, I just felt queasy.

"Come on, I can't let you skip breakfast. Unless... you're saying my choice isn't good enough?" Ron asked, giving me a smirk. "This is custom-made, just for you."

I cracked a smile. "Custom-mad