Evelyn’s POV
I walked out of the office with a headache and felt completely drained.
Ever since that talk yesterday, Soraya had refused to come down for dinner or even speak to anyone. I’d had to pretend everything was fine, lying to Arielle and saying Soraya was just stressed from work so she wouldn’t bother her.
Cassian must’ve noticed my mood because he tried to cheer me up, but I couldn’t bring myself to laugh. This was the first time I had ever raised my voice at Soraya, and it left a heavy ache in my chest.
First, it was Arielle who disliked Cassian silently — now it was Soraya openly disrespecting him, saying cruel things to make me hate him.
“What’s up with you? Trouble in paradise already, darling?” Charity asked, appearing beside me as I headed for my car.
“I just have a he
