Kiara unexpectedly woke up on couch, it was unexpected since every time she fell asleep in the living room, Zique would take her up to the bed. He was probably still angry at her and that had Kiara’s heart twisting as she blinked around the room.

It was a little blurry, but as soon as her eyes cleared, she recognized Gabe who sat on the sofa opposite to hers. He was staring at her, just as nonchalant as always, his chin length black hair loose for the very first time. It made him look a tad bit more handsome. “Where’s Zique?’

“Currently getting ready to leave.”

Kiara sat up in a hurry. “Where’s he going?”

“I think it’d be better if you asked him that yourself. His business and yours no longer concern me.”

“B-But he won’t talk to me.”

Gabe shrugged. “And there’s probably nothing I could say or do to make him speak to you.”

Kiara looked down at her hands, her ears twitching as the noisy boards of the stairs creaked. It was Zique, she could smell him.

With a great amount of hesitance, sh