Chapter 30

It was eleven o'clock in the evening when they came home from the gathering. She felt even worse because of what happened at that party. It was as if she fled in a trance as she watched her husband talking to another woman. But it seemed that Gideon didn't even notice the woman's flirting and he still talked with a smile.

Was he dumb or numb?

She sniffed. "I'm tired," she reasoned and quickly opened the gate, walking into the main entrance of the house. Gideon just followed her and kept asking her questions.

"Can you stop asking?" she looked over her shoulder and glared at him. "I said I'm tired. There's nothing wrong with being tired, right?"

"Not after you've made a scene with Elise."

"So what?" Her eyebrows rose. "So what if that friend of yours is stealing your time? So what if that Professor Elise is hugging you more like a bestfriend? As if I care, Hernandez."

"That's what I'm asking, Jewel. You shouldn't have splashed wine in Elise's face. You're being scandalous."

"Am I?" She