Adrian
I hadn’t meant to scare her, but Chloe jumped about a foot in the air when I spoke. She searched the room, her eyes landing on me. I sat in the wing backed chair in Chloe’s sitting area, staring at her guilty face. Wherever she had gone, she thought she shouldn’t have been there. Interesting. That narrowed down potential places significantly.
“So? Where were you?” I asked again. I wanted to see if she’d admit to going… wherever she’d gone.
“How long have you been sitting here?” she asked, countering my question with one of her own. She put her hands on her hips and tried to glare at me. Unfortunately for her she couldn’t work up the ire the look really needed.
I’d gone to Chloe’s room as soon as I’d returned from the bar and had been sitting here ever since, waiting for her. Whe
