Chapter25:

Dane does. An asshole unworthy of my heart does that. I boil the noodles in water as I quickly fry my vegetables and beef, adding the sauce and ignoring the low murmur of conversation constantly at my back. Trying so hard to keep myself and my rambling thoughts blank on the surface. Thankfully, the spitting noise and hum of the extractor fan are making it so I cannot make out the actual words, and as long as I stay focused and calm, I can forget they are here.  Just cook and leave. I don’t get this need to be in the same room as me, though, as they ordered take-out and could easily go to the sitting room nearer the front door. I feel like he’s trying to rub salt into a wound he exposed in the kitchen that day. I pick up the pot of hot water and noodles and turn to walk to the sink, seeing Charmaigne standing idly near it and doing her best to push out her bust and ass while Dane is leaning at the open refrigerator again and pulling out an assortment of drinks. I tip my chin down to avo