Ruined By My Brother's Best Friend (by Silverwriter) novel Chapter 117

Ruined By My Brother’s Best Friend

Heard It All

ARABELLA’S POV

My hands shook as Archie’s words settled in the air, swallowed by a tense silence as neither of us spoke.

I couldn’t believe it. Did that mean… Archie knew about Alvise and me? My brother would hate me.

“Is… that all he said?” I asked, my voice barely audible and my heart racing as I waited for his answer.

Archie gave me a questioning look. “Is there more I should know about?”

“No.” I shook my head, relief flooding through me. “There’s nothing else.”

We held each other’s gaze for several tense seconds, his eyes searching my face as his jaw hardened.

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“Why did he send you out of his office?” Archie pushed himself off the wall and approached me. “What did you do?”

I smiled weakly, struggling to hide the turmoil raging inside me as I desperately searched for a lie. I couldn’t tell Archie the truth, no matter what. I didn’t know how he would react, and he might never forgive me.

“I didn’t let him work,” I blurted, scratching the back of my head. “He… wanted to work, and I was watching videos at the loudest volume.”

“And that’s why?”