Chapter 22

**Elysia**

I went silent as I blinked at him. Then I started to laugh hysterically.

“Oh my … That’s like the oldest excuse in the book.” I wiped the tears from my eyes from laughing so hard, and Valerio looked at me like I had lost it. I probably had, and I probably looked crazy while doing so. Faint voices outside the office could be heard, making me look towards the door.

“…I told you not to do