Aria's POV
“Keep quiet, Veronica! Just mind your own business,” Derek shouted at Veronica, who had a wide smile on her face as if she had just won the lottery.
“Why? Are you afraid she'll hate you even more? Well, I don't want that for myself either. I just want her to leave Xavier alone, nothing more. But as for you? I couldn't care less, and I'm not sorry about it,” she said before walking away.
“You don't have to believe everything she's saying. She doesn't know what she's talking about. You could tell she's drunk just by her behavior,” he said, and I simply shook my head.
I didn't know what to say to him. All I could think about was, 'you could have married him, you could have married him,' and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.
At that moment, I realized how m
