But I didn't move toward the bedroom.
I stood in place. Eyes locked on Elisa.
On my phone screen, the numbers shifted.
The time had passed.
"Elisa Fox." My voice dropped to a temperature that matched the frost in my gaze.
"I quit."
The silence that followed was deafening.
Kevin Gilbert clutched his stomach, that grating laugh scraping against the silence. "Elisa, look! The lapdog you keep is actually trying to rebel!"
Elisa Fox snapped out of her shock, her expression hardening into something cold. "What? You think just because you've hung around me for three years, you're suddenly part of the upper class?" She tilted her chin up. "You're nothing but a kept man, Adam. Have some self-awareness."
I didn't waste a single word on her.
I turned on my heel to leave.
Kevin stepped into my path, blocking the doorway.
I shoved him aside hard enough to make him stumble. "Elisa used a breakup to threaten me. Now that we've broken up, I have no reason to tolerate you." My voice dropped. "A good dog doesn't block the road."
Kevin regained his balance, his eyes locking onto the box in my arms. "I suspect you're stealing something! Open that box. I want to see what's inside!"