Chapter 94.
"Hey!" Sebastian yelled with raw hate and disgust, his voice slicing through the gym like something sharpened.
Heads snapped toward him the couples, the few scattered people working out even Johnny, who paused mid-lift, the weight hovering in his hands as he turned, brows lifting in immediate annoyance.
"He hasn't gone yet?" Johnny muttered, now straightening to his full height, the barbell left abandoned on the mat.
A ripple of unease moved across the room, subtle but unmistakable — the kind people feel in their skin before their brain names it.
The two couples shifted instinctively toward Sebastian, eyes narrowing, their bodies angled like they were bracing for impact.
The air thickened, the gym suddenly becoming that kind of space where tension breathes louder than the people inside it.
