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Chapter 11

(Emelda's POV)

I was still standing in shock at the piercing words Bryan had hurled at me, when I heard a knock on the door.

The dinner I had labored to make earlier and served to Bryan still sat on the table, the food barely touched.

I quickly wiped the stray tear that had escaped my eye.

Thinking it must be Bryan, I ran towards the door. Maybe he’d come to apologize, or perhaps he’d forgotten something. But when I opened the door, it was his grandfather, Jonathan, standing on the other side.

My face flushed with embarrassment as he looked around the messy living room and the untouched food on the dinner table.

“Emelda,” Jonathan said, his eyebrow furrowing and his voice calm but firm. “Is everything alright?”

I swallowed hard, fighting to keep my emotions in check.

“Yes, everything is fine,” I lied. “Bryan was just here, he left a few minutes ago.”

Jonathan raised an eyebrow, stepping further into the apartment and staring long at the dinner table. “Really? It doesn’t loo
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