~ARIA~
I stomped back into the hall but slowed my pace when a few heads turned in my direction. But my insides were still boiling. Never had I felt so defeated.
Not only was I feeling defeated, I was boiling with jealousy. To think he had to entertain her schemes after years of being apart from each other?
Through my peripheral vision, I saw Cora look up from her phone, her gaze fixed on me steadily.
Reluctantly, I glanced in her direction, my brows reflexively raised.
"Okay... Don't raise those brows at me. I am not the one that walked in here like someone that had just lost out on a battle and is refusing to accept defeat."
I snapped my fingers repeatedly. "Lost out! That's the word. Because that's exactly what I am feeling right now."
She locked her phone and kept it on the table
