Rhea POV
“How long are you going to pretend to be so naïve?”
Her words… they hit me in a way I couldn’t process. I blinked at her, unable to believe what she had just said. “What?” I whispered, but she just scoffed.
“You know what…” she muttered. “…Forget it. I’ll go apologize to him. I’m sure I can win him back—my charm always works.”
“Kenzie… what did you mean by—”
“I said forget about it.” She cut me off, her voice a little harsher this time. “You already ruined today, so let’s just move on.” With that, she kicked a stone into the lake, the splash rippling outward.
She was right, wasn’t she? I was the one who upset her. As long as she was okay, that’s what mattered. So why did her words feel like knives still lodged in my chest?
“What were you even doing here?” she asked suddenly
