Chapter 173: You might want to hear this

The second those words left Evelyn's lips, she was starting to regret being so impulsive and reckless in choosing to blurt out those very words despite the wave of satisfaction that had washed over her less than a second ago.

Natalie took in a sharp breath as she felt her heart sink to the pit of her stomach within the next second. Her mind was busy trying to register the words that just left her lips while James was sitting beside her in a daze, his mind too, was racing with thoughts and questions. 

"Wait, I didn't –" Evelyn tried to backtrack and take her words back but it was much too late. Natalie interrupted, cutting her off before she could even complete her sentence. 

They locked eyes as tension brewed in the air between them, hanging in the air like a thick blanket.