Aria
I didn't even know how I left the hall or where my feet carried me. My head was spinning, and one thought kept chasing itself around my mind-how in the goddess's name did that little brat find out about the secret I've guarded for twenty-seven years?
The child. The child I bore after Owen ghosted me. The child who reminded me of the betrayal that nearly broke me in half. I couldn't bear to look at her, not even once, because all I saw was him. So I did what I thought was best, I gave her away. I found a couple more ready, more stable, who could raise her with the love I knew I couldn't give. I buried that memory, locked it so deep I thought it would never rise again. But Bella... she found the key somehow.
I remember it clearly even now. I had lied to my friends, told them I was vi
