All Chapters of Coordinated Chaos: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Lianna sits in the back of the minibus next to another woman. She cannot remember if she was at the house yesterday, but she introduced herself as Henry’s wife. Gina smiles at her when she catches Lianna staring at her. Lianna smiles back.This has been an experience since the moment she arrived. She wonders where Bianca is. She was excited to spend the day with her, but now Evelyn has wormed herself into the picture.Lianna does not know what Evelyn is planning, but Evelyn makes her uncomfortable. Why the sudden interest?The minibus comes to a stop at the entrance of a large building. This must be the spa. She and Gina proceed to get out last.They enter through the revolving door, and Evelyn and Rose walk to reception. Jasmine waits next to Lianna. The place has a relaxing atmosphere. “Do you know where Bianca is?”“I heard she had some stomach bug. I hope she is fine,” Jasmine says, linking her arm with Lianna’s. Lianna sighs and nods her head in agreement. She wanted Bianca here

William walks in front of the rest of the group of men towards the front door. He enters the house and walks down the hall toward the living room. He hears voices from the living room.He slowly makes his way into the room, and his mother notices him. She gestures for him to come closer. His eyes search for Lianna as he strolls to his mother. Lianna is not here. Perhaps she is in their room. He gives his mother a peck on her cheek before he sits on the armrest next to her.“How was your day?” he asks his mother, his eyes darting around the room. Evelyn is also missing in action. “It was wonderful. Exactly what we all needed.” William nods and watches as the other men enter the living room, greeting everyone. “Where is Lianna?” he asks as he leans closer to his mother. She shrugs and turns her head to his father. He should have known. He stands up, but his mother gets a hold of his arm. “Where are you going? Tell me about your day.” His mother pulls him back to the armrest and he si

Lianna emerges from the bathroom with her oversized shirt and pants. William takes his laptop and finds a comfortable position.“It is the ugliest dress I’ve ever seen. The audacity of that woman. First, she steals that dress she has on from you and in exchange gives you this? I cannot believe it.” Lianna stops in her tracks and furrows her brows. Before she can ask him how he found out, he answers her.“B informed me about what happened. She said that you probably wouldn’t have told me about it,” William says with a small smile. Lianna turns her head to him. She opens her mouth to speak, but William interrupts her. “I get it. I’m just glad you were still here when I got here. I thought you might have left. The dress thing . . . I don’t even know what to say about that. Are you okay, though?” Lianna nods her head while making her way over to the bedside to her phone.“I’m fine. And it is my fault. I shouldn’t have let my guard down with her. Lesson learned,” she says with a soft laugh.

At the house, William climbs out first to help Lianna and walks around the car. When he rounds the corner of the car, Lianna closes the door. He watches her walk with absolutely no difficulty to the front door. Did she-“Lianna?” William asks in confusion. She turns back to him and giggles at his expression. “Didn’t you hurt your foot?” She shakes her head.“Ever heard of faking it?” she asks with an amused look. William stares at her in disbelief. He did not think she could be so conniving.“My mother- ““Eurgh, she will never know. Can we go to the town market? I’m starving,” she says as she opens the front door. She waits for William, who is still shocked at the move she pulled.With a soft chuckle, he follows Lianna into the house. They get all their stuff for the market, and William drives them to the large square which is not too far from the house.William strolls behind Lianna through the market in town. He has never been here. He has no idea how Lianna knows about this place,

Lianna watches William from her peripheral as they walk back to her apartment. He has not said a word during the trip back. She did not even attempt to make small talk, much less ask him what happened. He had this dark, disturbed look in his eyes that scares her.William opens the door and barges into the apartment with his bags, heading to the bedroom. Lianna trails behind him with her bag. She places her bag on the island in the kitchen and goes to switch on the kettle.“Do you want tea?” she asks into the silence, but there is no answer. Lianna frowns as she slowly walks to her bedroom. What is he doing?She enters the bedroom and sees William sitting on the edge of the bed, his head in his hands. His breathing is uneven and he is gripping his hair.“William?” He looks at her and she notices that his eyes are even darker. “What is going on?” she asks, giving a step closer. William shakes his head and stands up. He walks past her, slightly bumping into her shoulder. She bites the ins