Chapter 24

SOPHIE WESLEY

“Hey, sis… do you have a minute?”

Ivy stepped in front of me, arms folded over her chest, her eyes fixed on me, a smirk already in place.

I held her gaze for a moment, then walked past her quietly.

I barely left her when her fingers closed around my arm and yanked me back without warning.

I stumbled and almost fell, but I quickly retrieved my footing.

“It won’t take long, I promise,” she said sweetly with a hint of impatience beneath her voice.

I hadn't even found my voice when I felt it. Her nails digging into my skin deliberately.

it stung.

I pulled...