#Chapter243
/"Thanks, I will try harder to not react to their pettiness./" I retort sassily, I don’t know what else to say to that. Claude has never really singled me out or shown any real favoritism towards me. He never really interacts with us closely either, so I guess this is why I am finding this uncomfortable. Claude tends to lead from afar and is a bit lax on the ‘one on one’ communication unless necessary.
/"That is pretty. You like pretty things around your neck?/" he reaches out randomly, startling me away from the topic and fingers my necklace on my throat, making me jerk back in surprise. His touch unwelcome and my skin burns with the shock of the gentle assault from out of nowhere. Instantly uneasy and nervy and try to cover it with a laugh, dismissing it as giving me a little scare but I move back slightly and cover my puzzle piece necklace with my hand to eradicate the feel of him against my neck.
