Chapter 112
Ace’s POV
The question Astra brought up hung in the air, heavy with accusation and hurt. I could feel my heart tighten in my chest, the weight of the situation pressing down on me. This was it—the confrontation I had been dreading, the one I knew was inevitable.
I took a deep breath, choosing my words carefully. “We don’t need to talk about this…”
“Are you sure about that?” She asked. “Because I want to understand what you two were doing together.”
“Astra… Emilia is nothing important.”
She finally turned her head to look at me, her eyes searching mine for something—truth, reassurance, maybe even an apology. But there was also anger there, simmering just below the surface. “Then why was she calling for you? Why did you go to her?”
There it was. The question I had been av
