“He what?” I shot up from the bed so fast the photos fluttered to the floor like dead leaves in a storm. My voice cracked on the words, sharper than intended.
Adrian rose slowly behind me, calm as ever. “It’s true, Bella. He did. If you don’t believe me, you can ask him yourself.”
The room tilted, as my head suddenly started pounding like someone was hammering nails into my skull. Was this the shock of learning something I couldn’t quite process, or the sickening realization that the person I’d let into my heart had been using me all along? I felt dizzy, staggering as my vision blurred, but Adrian’s hands were suddenly on my waist, gentle, and steady as he guided me back down onto the bed. I sat there frozen, didn’t say anything for a while as tears built up in my eyes. I blinked hard,
