Scarlett's Pov
Sebastian’s piercing gaze stayed on me as I pushed a forkful of salad across my plate for the umpteenth time, my appetite nowhere to be found. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he could read my thoughts, and I hated how much his concern unnerved me.
“Are you sure everything’s okay?” he asked, his tone cautious but probing. “And don’t even think about brushing it off with the guest list excuse. I know you well enough to see this is something more.”
I sighed, my fingers tightening around the fork. He wasn’t wrong, but the last thing I wanted to do was admit anything to him. Sebastian wasn’t someone I could trust easily—hell, I wasn’t even sure I could trust him at all, but the lines between ally and adversary blurred so much in our relationship that I didn’t know where I st
