LUCIAN
"I was supposed to be the one you trusted the most. I was supposed to be the one by your side, helping you make decisions, fixing things. And now, I feel like I don’t f*****g matter anymore. You gave my room to a stranger. A f*****g rogue."
Aria. Her name is Aria… or Albena… f**k!
I stared at Maren, my heart hammering against my ribs. She just admitted she wasn’t in love with me. All this time, I thought she harbored some twisted, possessive attachment to me, but it wasn’t that.
It was fear.
Fear of being replaced.
Fear of losing whatever purpose she thought she had in my life.
"You—!" Maren let out another sob, rubbing furiously at her face like she was pissed at herself for crying. "I didn’t mean to— I just thought if she wasn’t here, then things would go back t
