Alex
Camilla's words had left me uncomfortable, beating in my head like a continuous drumbeat. She looked at me with such coldness. "I've already told you that I've forgiven you," she added, her tone firm but distant. Those particular remarks ached more than I wanted to acknowledge. She was sure that her world no longer included me. The part that truly pained me most was how quickly she ignored my attempts to explain myself.
I sensed the force in the air. Camilla and I both refused to back down. She appeared to believe that our relationship was now solely about the business arrangement. As if nothing had happened between us before. But it wasn't. Not anymore. There was so much more she wasn't telling me, and I wanted answers.
The way she dismissed me every time I tried to talk t
