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Chapter Thirty-Nine
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Aslan
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(Moon in Spanish: Luna)
“ASLAN...EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?”
I froze.
Shit.
I’d hoped Jack and Anna wouldn’t hear me as I sneaked past the lounge, heading toward the corridor and Neri’s bedroom.
I needed to see her.
I’d given her enough space.
Fuck space.
Every minute I let tick between us filled my chest with awful pressure. My heart kept stuttering, my blood kept burning...urging me to go to her, almost as if I could hear her soul screaming for mine.
Crazy, I knew.
Probably meant I was going mad, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that...something wasn’t right.
Catching Jack’s eyes, I replied, “Just gonna check on Neri. Make sure her tummy is okay.”
“Oh, she’s fine.” Jack grinned, stretching his arms above his head as Anna snuggled deeper against him on the couch. “She left about an hour ago.”
“Wait, what?” Everything inside me stilled. “She left?”
“Yeah, apparently she and Zara have made up?” Anna wrinkled her nose. “Not sure if that’s Neri’s wishful thinking or real. Last time I spoke to Zara’s mother, it sounded terminal between them.”
My hands shook a little as I stepped over the threshold into the lounge. “She’s there, right now? At Joel’s?”
Jack scowled, looking at me a little funny.
Did he hear the thick jealousy in my tone? The sudden punch of despair in my chest at the thought of Neri running to her ex the moment we had a sort-of fight?
“According to Neri, Joel’s in Indonesia training.” Jack reached for his beer bottle on the mango wood coffee table. “I believe my daughter when she said she wants Zara back. And...if Zara is anything like me, she won’t be able to last against Neri on a mission.” Taking a drink, he toasted me. “Mark my words. Those two girls will be thick as thieves again and most likely sitting in the garden on those stupid beanbags of theirs, gossiping about who knows what.”
A twinge in my chest.
