my prized possession

CHAPTER 33

I sat in a cozy café, sipping my coffee while typing away on my laptop. Ever since Annabella left for her honeymoon, I had buried myself in work. It was the only way I knew how to survive lately. Things only got worse when I stumbled across Lila’s i********: page—completely by accident.

There they were.

Noah and Lila.

Smiling.

She was looking at him like he was her entire world, while he looked at the camera with a subtle smirk. Her caption read:

“Looking at my husband in one month’s time.”

It felt like a dagger straight to the chest.

He had truly moved on.

I blinked away the tears building in my eyes and forced my focus back to the laptop screen, pretending I wasn’t seconds away from breaking down in a public space.

Then I heard a throat clear.

I looked up, slightly annoyed, and