ARIA
Blinking, the words caught and stayed lodged in my throat. He was not mine. Not now. Not ever. That truth had been carved in long ago. There was no right to feel anything about who stood beside him. No claim. No excuse.
Still, it burned.
She said something low to him. His brow creased, and he leaned down without hesitation. She lifted onto her toes, her lips so close to his ear that my chest tightened before I could stop it. The space between them felt too small. Too familiar.
My body moved before my mind agreed.
“Move,” I snapped.
My arm slammed into the wall between them with a sharp crack. The sound echoed. Her eyes flew wide. She stumbled back, startled, and I stepped forward without pause, placing myself fully between them, blocking her path, cutting off any chance she had
