“Really!?”

Karina was so shocked… so shocked was she that she couldn’t stop her eyes and mouth from opening wide in disbelief.

Derek’s face was showing a calm expression but he was just as surprised as Karina but he did not say anything as he kept glancing at both Matthew’s face and Gabriella’s face in silence.

The question he kept asking himself inwardly was, when did those started seeing each other?

Silence surrounded them like a heavy, dark cloak filled with tension.

Gabriella wiped off the tears that hasn’t stopped rolling down her face and called out in a small voice, “Ma’am, I_”

“Oh, you spare me that, Gabriella. You...