I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 82

Antonia stormed into the house behind me. “Zephyra, who said you could come in?”

Her voice drew the attention of Martin and Janice, who were standing near the staircase. The moment they saw me, they instinctively pulled their hands apart.

“You’re back. You could have made a sound,” Martin chided, his voice tight.

Seeing their flustered expressions, I couldn’t help but laugh, the mockery in my eyes deepening. “How interesting. I come back to my own home—a home you summoned me to—and one of you acts like I’m trespassing while the other scolds me for not announcing my arrival. Am I not welcome here, or were you just afraid I’d see something I wasn’t supposed to?”

The three of them froze, their faces stiffening. Martin and Janice’s little “love affair” was a secret, after all, and they had no defense against my accusation.

Just then, Lisa, the housekeeper, slipped in, glanced our way without a word, and hurried into the kitchen.

Janice shot me a look, then craned her neck to peer past me toward the door, feigning concern. “Zephyra, didn’t Mr. Lancaster come back with you? Was he held up by something?”

“I didn’t ask him to come,” I said, strolling further into the living room and dropping my bag.

At that, Martin’s thin eyebrows furrowed into a deep line. Before he could speak, Antonia jumped in, eager to fan the flames.

“Did you not tell Steven? Or did you piss him off and he refused to come? Is that why you couldn’t bring him back with you?” she said, her head tilted with an air of smug satisfaction.

Martin took the bait instantly. I knew the one thing he was terrified of was offending the Lancasters. His face contorted with rage as he glared at me. “Zephyra, is what Antonia said true?”

I smiled. “If I said no, would you believe me?”

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