“Are you sure?... No. I want to see her.”
From behind him, I could clearly see how my cousin gave away his reaction by clenching his hand on his side. Even his grip on his phone tightened as he put it down from his ear. He glared at it as if he could see from there whoever he wanted to see.
To distract him from the anger obviously resurfacing on his face, I let my presence be known as I cleared my throat. I witnessed how he firmly closed his eyes, taking a large deep breath before giving me a tight smile.
“You’re leaving?” I glanced around the garden of the Montevalles.
When he left the dining hall earlier after lunch, I planned to follow him, but Yohan asked for my attention for some minutes. I also knew there was someone calling on his phone, so I let him take his time at the outba
