EMMALINE
I blink, trying to process Nico’s words and what they mean. My mind spins. Alexander and Bianca. They betrayed him.
Despite knowing Bianca was his younger brother’s girlfriend, Alexander still slept with her?
“I’m so sorry,” I whisper, the words tumbling out before I can stop them.
Nico laughs, though the sound feels forced, brittle. His pain flashes across his face for only a second before he masks it again.
“Yeah, that’s in the past now. I dodged a bullet, that’s for sure.” He pauses, and something hardens in his expression. “While I was still trying to come to terms with what happened—because they both swore it had been a drunken mistake, you know—even now, Alexander claims he doesn’t remember how he ended up in bed with her.”
I scoff, the sound sharp. Typical. “Of cour
