Chapter 20: Heartbeat

"DARN!" Nicole groaned when the wood she had intentionally knocked down hit her head hard. Her plan earlier was to only create noise to grab Steven's attention. She would have pretended to be hurt, but her karma seemed to hate her and the wood retaliated. She took a wrong step so she could not avoid the wood that was leaning against the wall.

"Fuck!" Josh's eyes widened and he quickly ran to where Nicole was.

But Steven was faster and closer to her, thus he was the one to catch her when she lost her balance.

"Tss! Why does the speed of karma return to me quickly instead of Danica?" complaint of a part of Nicole's mind as she rubbed her forehead with both palms.

Nicole felt her surroundings circling around her and even the wall she was leaning against was moving as well. Her eyes remained closed, she was busy debating with herself.

"Sir, I'll carry her instead." Josh said to Steven. He was about to take Nicole from him, but Steven glared at him.

"Pay attention to your staff instead bec