Chapter 138: Break In

[Erin]

I don’t know if I would be sad that the time I spent with Nikolai is limited or be relieved that he had brought me back just in time Pa had sent out a word to look for me. I could sense that Mikael was behind all of it. I could see it in his eyes, the mischief that was gleaming in his gaze, which served as a reminder that he is really serious about sticking his nose into my affairs.

“Fancy ring, you got there, and a coat.”

Cold dread lingered on the back of my neck and my heart seems to have taken a plunge from a hundred feet floors.

Shit!

I know he’s keeping close eyes on me, but I hadn’t anticipated that he would literally watch me this close. Like everything that came to his notice, even the way I changed my breathing. He’s like a vulture prowling at the corner, waiting for the lions to leave the carcass unguarded so he can scavenge what was left.

A greedy bastard.

I acted as if his remark didn’t concern me and that it wasn’t something that would raise any suspicion.

“Oh, t