AUTHOR’S POV

“Fuck!! You dumb bitch!! Don’t you knock!” Pedro barked, his voice as sharp as broken glass.

Tessa’s eyes dilated in absolute shock.

For a moment, she stood rooted in the doorway; her mouth opened but no sound emerged.

It took her a few seconds to realise she did not knock before she came in — and his words slammed into her like a punch.

Dumb bitch?

“There is a reason why you fucking knock”

Pedro’s loud rebuke echoed in her ears, and she could only stand, too stunned to move.

Her mind raced; perhaps if she had knocked, she would saved herself the additional misfortune of catching Pedro,...