Chapter 236

SIENNA

“Where were you?”

I stopped a step short of him and let the pause stretch. Not too long, just enough to make it deliberate. Let him feel it.

“Bathroom,” I said.

Flat. Boring. A closed door.

Gideon’s eyes narrowed. “That took longer than five minutes.”

“Did you time me?” I asked mildly. The kind of tone that dares someone to make a mistake.

Inside the room, Arthur was already seated