NICOLE
Esmeralda whirls back around, her hand on her chest as she starts hyperventilating. "I can't believe this," she murmurs. "I can't believe he's here!"
"Just...try to calm down," I say to her calmly, unsure of what else to do at this point. Armand hasn't noticed us at all, and every time I look at him, I feel angry at the entire situation and my role in all this.
"We'd planned on coming here together," she admits in a low voice. "That's why the whole trip was booked. It was going to be just the two of us. But after we decided to stay away from each other for a while, I thought he wouldn't come."
I frown, perplexed. "Wait. Did he tell you he wasn't coming?"
Her eyes are wide as she stares back at me. "Actually, I told him I wasn't coming. Then I changed my mind when I realized h
