The soft chime of the elevator broke the silence.
My head snapped up just as the doors slid open, revealing the two people I least wanted to see right now. My parents stepped into the hallway like they owned the damn place—which, technically, they once did.
They walked into my bedroom as if it were still theirs, as if they hadn't just been part of a disaster. My blood still simmered from the scene I'd walked in on. And seeing them now, completely composed while the space still reeked of betrayal, made my jaw clench.
Frustrated, I growled, “What the hell did you do?”
My father sighed like I was the unreasonable one. “We only explained the situation to Aria. She’s the one who decided to leave. I even told her she should stay.”
I blinked at him, stunned. “Explained? What, that you were o
