Arella’s POV
“She’s nothing to me!”
Zane’s words hit me like a slap to the face, and I froze in the hallway, my heart pounding in my chest. I’d just overheard him, standing in his study, speaking to Noah with such cold finality. It felt as if the ground had shifted beneath me, my world tilting on its axis.
I didn’t know how long I’d stood there, but when I finally turned and stumbled away, I could feel my legs trembling, the weight of his words felt like cold clutches gripping my heart in a tight merciless hold. I fought against the tears that threatened to fall, knowing they wouldn’t help anything. I knew it! I knew he felt that way…
So why…?
I had already known the truth—hadn’t I? He’d made it so clear over and over again. Zane wasn’t interested in me. He wasn’t even capable of it,
