Chapter 231
— KILLIAN -
“Could you be any more childish?” I ask the moment I walk towards her by the buffet display. She hasn’t spoken to me all day and I know her well enough to know when she’s avoiding me. Maybe I wouldn’t be so pressed about it if she wasn’t hanging around so frivolously with my brother.
Relax hot head, you both have only been here for a few hours, a voice in my head teases me.
A few hours is enough for me to nearly run mad by not being with her when she’s right in front of me. My eyes are fixed on Hazel.
Hazel dips a fork of fruit in her mouth, chewing nonchalantly. “Childish? No, I’m only returning the favour.” She says, taking another chunk of chopped fruit in her mouth.
“What favour?” I ask, raising a brow in disbelief.
Her eyes trail up my body to my face. A smile forms on her face. I can already tell it’s fake and forced. “You’re smart. You’ll find out, soon enough.” She mutters, full mouth. I trace her gaze to notice they fell on my shoulders. The scoff that leaves her mouth accompanied with an eye roll made my face fall flat.
She can not be serious right now, I say to myself, finally realising what her charade is about. She’s putting up this act because of how she caught Kate and I when she arrived.
She’s the one who wanted us to be private yet she’s spiralling because of it? I let out a short breath, unbelief dawning hard on me.
Hazel walks away from me with the saucer in her hand. I trail my gaze across the beach to look for her. She’s with my brother.