Chapter 29

Solana's POV

With my still parted lips, I swallowed hard and stared at Jordan's face. His expression was still hard and serious but I know that he's now calm. My eyes averted his gaze when he licked his lips and his eyes flickered with a certain emotion I couldn't name.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. "Did I scare you?"

I looked at him again with a creased forehead. Scared me? I shook my head. "No. You didn't. You confused me, Jordan. How come the Manager seemed so scared of you?"

His lips parted. He looked around and faced me again. Squeezing his eyes closed, he heaved a sigh and answered… "H-He knows me. I beat him before and he's scared… of me."

My jaw dropped. "What?"

He shook his head and lifted his face, avoiding my gaze. "Come on, Solana. Let's just forget about this. He must be scared that I'll do the same thing I did to him back then. I think he doesn't want to taint this store's name, that's why he chose to believe his customers."

I palmed my forehead and nodded. I looked at the