Chapter 17: I Missed You!

Claire's POV

"What!?" I froze; my heart started pounding. Sissy's words hit like a punch to my gut. How dare she say that!

"She didn't stop there," Sissy went on, her face twisted in disgust. "Susan said you need to back off from the project that was offered to you. And, get this—she wants you to stop 'meddling in her and Evander's relationship.' Like she owns him or something."

My blood boiled, anger rising from deep within me. I clenched my fists under the table, my nails digging into my palms. How dare Susan! After everything she had done, after all the pain she caused me, she still had the nerve to think she could control my life? I could feel the fury bubbling up, and for the first time in a long while, I wasn't afraid to let it out.