Chapter 69 - 70
Elodie’s POV~
“It’s nothing, Grandma. Really. I just didn’t want to go back right now and I miss you so much.” I tried forcing a smile to my lips but failed woefully and saw as my grandmother kept searching my face and then pursed her lips as though she had found out the lie.
Nodding without saying further, she turned and walked away. And me? I simply released the deep, painful sigh I was holding back in.
Liora must have had the time of her life with Sienna over the weekend.
I knew because she didn’t call. Didn’t text. Nothing.
Not even a goodnight message.
By Monday, I’d stopped checking my phone every five minutes and just went to work like everything was normal.
It wasn’t. But I was getting good at pretending.
The day passed in a blur of meetings and code reviews, and by the time evening rolled around, I was exhausted, not physically, just... emotionally drained.
Cara called just as I was packing up. “Dinner? My treat. You look like you need it.”
She wasn’t wrong.
We went to a nice place downtown, one of those restaurants with mood lighting and cloth napkins. Cara kept the conversation light, work gossip, some drama with her neighbor, anything to keep me distracted.