Chapter 30

Before Alfie could finish his sentence, Channing smacked a hand over his eyes. "Are you trying to get yourself killed? You dare ogle Mr. Hodgeson's woman?" "What?" Alfie's face turned pale. He immediately covered his eyes and said, "I'm not looking, I swear! I'm out of here!" With that, Alfie bolted out of the room like his life depended on it. I walked up to Channing and said firmly, "Stop telling people I'm Zane's woman. There's nothing between us anymore. Besides, if his actual special someone hears about this, it won't end well." "Huh? His special someone isn't you?" Channing looked at me, genuinely surprised. A second later, his eyes darted away awkwardly, and his face flushed with embarrassment. I guessed he wasn't aware of Zane's old flame, so I didn't bother explaining further. Instead, I said, "It'll never be me." After that, I headed toward the makeup mirror. Behind me, I could hear Channing muttering to himself in puzzlement, "If it's not you, then who? I've never see