Elara's POV
For a second I couldn't decide whether to thank him for the offer or hate him for what it implied. Maybe neither. Maybe I should just treat him like a mosquito buzzing around my head.
I took a breath.
Damien stood up. "Are you out of your mind? You think Elara would cheat anyone? She's loved you since she was seventeen. How could she accept a gift from another man?"
He was saying exactly what I felt. It wouldn't matter. Orion would never believe it. In his mind, I could never be better than Celeste. If it looked like I was, then I had to be lying.
Orion's eyes narrowed. I knew that look. It was the one he wore right before he punished someone under him. Right now, that someone was Damien.
I stepped between them. "Damien's telling the truth, Orion. You need to actually see
