66 -finally growing a spine
Selena's POV
Her words were sharp, carrying that cold, indifferent tone she always used when belittling me, as if this were all somehow my fault. I clenched my fists, my fingernails digging into my palms as I struggled to keep my anger under control. "Be happy?” I let out a humorless laugh. “Is that what you think happiness looks like, mother? Marrying someone I despise? Someone who sees me as nothing more than a pawn? You want me to just forget everything, to erase Martins as if he meant nothing?”
She rolled her eyes, dismissive as ever. “Martins is dead, Selena. And the world keeps spinning. You would know that if you stopped clinging to the past. Life doesn’t stop for the weak.”
The words stung, but they weren’t surprising. She never saw anyone’s pain as
