#Chapter243

“Thanks, I will try harder to not react to their pettiness.” I retort sassily, I don’t know what else to say to that. Claude has never really singled me out or shown any real favoritism towards me. He never really interacts with us closely either, so I guess this is why I am finding this uncomfortable. Claude tends to lead from afar and is a bit lax on the ‘one on one’ communication unless necessary.

“That is pretty. You like pretty things around your neck?” he reaches out randomly, startling me away from the topic and fingers my necklace on my throat, making me jerk back in surprise. His...