Chapter 100

**GWEN**

"Honestly, Gwen,” Tyler insisted, shifting away from me. From his body movement, I could tell he was lying. I knew there was something troubling him, despite not knowing what. Or perhaps, it might all be in my head. As I said earlier, I'm often worried most time even when there was nothing there.

So, reluctantly, I acquiesced and accompanied it with a smile. "Cool. So, how are you preparing for the upcoming ball?"

His shoulders bounced up and down casually, "like every other person. It's really nothing that special according to what I heard."

"It is, Tyler. And about your ladylove...I can secure her an entrance if you want me to."

His Obsidian settled on me for a few notches I felt I might have said the wrong thing. They were dimmed in contemplation. After a while, the corners of his lips slanted downward as he said in a low baritone. "That won't be necessary."

I opened my mouth to still insist he divulged to me the object of his unnatural behavior when a door upstairs slammed