Chapter 137: Just Wanted to Scare the Kid

Harper stormed through the mall, her heart racing with fury. She could barely see through the haze of anger clouding her vision. When she finally spotted Owen near the entrance, standing casually as if nothing had happened, her rage boiled over. "Owen!" she shouted, her voice cutting through the noise around them. She didn’t care that people were starting to stare. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Owen turned, a smirk already forming on his lips. "Calm down, Harper. It’s not that big of a deal." "Not a big deal?" Harper’s voice was shaking now, her fists clenched at her sides. "You told Xander about his father. You had no right! You don’t get to mess with his head like that!" Owen’s smirk faded, replaced by a cold, hard look. "Someone had to tell him. You’ve been lying to that boy his entire life." Harper stepped closer, her face inches from his, seething. "It was not your place. You don’t know anything about our lives, Owen. You’re just a bitter, miserable—" "Careful, Harper,