Chapter 104

I expected chaos. I expected blood. I expected to find Bernard injured, barely standing, or at the very least, in the middle of a heated argument with Valeria. But what I did not expect was to walk into the gym and see them laughing together. Laughing. Bernard was standing in the middle of the gym, leaning against the training equipment with his arms crossed, looking more relaxed than I had ever seen him in weeks. And Valeria—Valeria of all people—was right beside him, a faint smirk tugging at her lips. Like they were old friends having a fun little gym session. Like I hadn’t just spent hours thinking something had gone terribly wrong. Like I hadn’t been worrying out of my damn mind. What the actual fuck? A sharp wave of irritation crawled up my spine as I stormed toward them, my jaw tightening. I could feel the heat rising in my chest, the frustration of everything boiling over. Bernard noticed me first, raising an eyebrow, but before either of them could say anything, I cut straight