Rosalia
I've never felt so mortified in my entire life. I've never had a reason to feel this ashamed. More than that—I feel hurt, rejected, and incredibly foolish for even trying in the first place. He made it crystal clear that he wasn't interested in marrying you. He wasn't interested in being with you. And yet, you threw yourself at him anyway.
Nothing and no one can be more unkind to me than my own mind. These thoughts echo relentlessly as I wait for Angelo to disappear indoors, wrapping my arms around myself as I shiver in the water despite the day's warmth. The spiked lemonade had given me a fleeting warmth in my veins and a bit of extra courage earlier, but now my head pounds, tears burning in my eyes.
I wish desperately that I could undo the last hour entirely.
I had planned ev
