Chapter 52.

Ivy

The sound of Caden's door opening and I brace myself for the torturous laughter.

I can almost say that I was expecting it. There's a nerve-wracking silence that comes afterwards and my ears itch to hear just what's going on. I almost break my neck trying to find something. Even just a sound.

Annoyance begins to bubble in my gut.

Why do I even care anyway?

I rest my head back on my pillow and chant the sentence I've been telling myself since she got here.

“I don't care about him, I don't like him, I don't want him”

I repeat it over and over again till it seems right and I start to believe it myself.

I feel my shoulders slouch and I begin to get comfortable again but I start to hear harshed mumbles and my ear perks up.

I hear struggling and a loud thud and I'm beginning to get genuinely worried.

What's going on in there?

I catch myself almost getting out of bed but I suddenly stop myself from moving any further.

“What are doing Ivy? Nothing that goes on in that room concerns you” I