The Devil CEO's Contract Wife novel Chapter 190

Chapter 190: Much Preferred Candyman

My heart was pulsating in my chest as I approached the door, my grip tensing against the knife.

My nerves kicked in when I opened my mouth. "W-Who’s there?"

"Open the damn door!"

That voice was familiar. A-Athena?

I swallowed thickly and looked over to Tori, who had the ’What the fuck look’.

"I-Is that really you?"

"Hello? Who else will it be, the Candyman?"

"I’d very much prefer that."

"Ha-ha, very funny."

I unlocked, and opened the door.

Athena was in the middle of taking off her white cat-eye sunglasses. "You would prefer the Candyman over me? I thought that was the stuff of nightmares."

"Hi..." I deadpanned.

She blew a bubble with her gum, eyeing the knife before tilting her head.

"Are we into some recreational activities lately? Why wasn’t I included? I’m good with knives."

I hid it behind my back. "No, I was in the middle of making breakfast before you rudely interrupted."

"No shit." She pushed past me to come in, even though I hadn’t invited her in.

"I had to take the quickest flight back to Midnight. I love making plans, but this was not. It makes my insides crawl, but it’s still worth it, though."

I shut the door. "Dare I ask why you took the quickest flight here?"

"How could you not tell me you’re back from your honeymoon? That’s very mean! I know you don’t like me, and I’m not your favorite bestie, but that doesn’t mean you should treat me like that!" She stomped her foot on the ground like a spoiled child. "I missed you."

Geez!

"I didn’t realize you did..."

She huffed. "You and that mouth of yours, but how I missed it!" She hugged me.

"Hey!"

She pulled away, and I shifted backwards for some breathing space.

"Calm your horses, will ya?"

"Ares told me you two skipped your honeymoon and visited your family. How I wish I were there... It would have been so much fun, wouldn’t it?"

Fun? No... it would have been a disaster. I tried to erase the image of her meeting my grandparents, quicker than anything I ever had to wipe. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Hey..." Tori caught our attention. "Owner of the apartment here. How the fuck do you know where I live?"

"Easy..." Athena replied with a shrug.

"Easy? Did you track me down or something?"

"Ugh! You should be excited to see me even though I only came for Cat and..."

Track.

I looked at Athena, recalling a time when Ares had mentioned something about the penthouse password and how she would hack into it. It was usually the topic whenever she showed up at his house unannounced. And not too long ago, she had hacked my phone to check the contents.

Of course!

Sorry, Tori.

Seems like I made her night, but not clearly not Tori’s, she gave that ’What the fuck look’ again.

Honey: I’ll be out of the city for a few days. I have business to attend to.

My mouth hung in disbelief. What?

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