Chapter 196

ELORA'S POV Knock. Knock. Knock. I groaned, leaning my forehead against the bathroom door. “Lucian, you just left an hour ago. How am I supposed to be done already?” I’d been in the bathroom for thirty whole minutes. It took me ten minutes just to wash my hair, another ten to shave, bathing alone somehow took the rest of the time. I never knew my body needed this much attention…like it had been neglected for months and was now demanding reparations. ‘I can practically smell how bad you stink, Elora.’ Sierra gagged in my head. ‘How the hell did he hug you without covering his nose?’ I rolled my eyes. “Shut up, Sierra.” “Elora,” a voice called softly from the other side of the door. “It’s me. Selene.” Selene? I laughed under my breath, wiping my hands on the towel after bathing. Great. Now my mind was officially playing tricks on me. I continued to dry up my body. “There’s no way she'd be here,” I muttered. “All the way from Paris?” I shook my head. “No way.” The knock came again, lighte