Chapter 36

Celia

The rest of the day passed in a blur and having nothing else to do I trained my ass off. I had been working out so much that Grace had to look all over for me and force me to stop for the day.

I didn’t do much but just ran around and did light stuff but it felt nice to be in the open.

Mostly word had spread by now of Jasper marking me and I made it a point to make the necklace visible so that everybody would leave me alone.

And it worked wonders.

Nobody dared look me in the eye or run their sleazy gazes up and down my body. It was as if I was invisible to them and they maintained a safe distance from me and did not dare look at me.

I felt relieved and my anger was slowly turning into guilt again. Or maybe it was my workout that took it all away?

The necklace gave me some sort of power but I had no idea what was going on between Jasper and me. We could be partners if not friends and yet that steamy night had opened doors for something more.

Then back at the training, the way his