The room became painfully quiet. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to ignore the chill spreading through my body.
Everything I thought I understood had changed in a matter of minutes.
The rejection.The lies.The secrets.
None of it had been as simple as I'd believed.
But that didn't erase the pain. I looked directly at Zane.
"You still should have trusted me enough to tell me the truth."
For a long moment, he simply stared back at me.
Then, almost too quietly to hear, he said, "I know."
For the first time since the ceremony, I saw genuine regret in his eyes.
The silence stretched between us until it became unbearable.
I looked from Cain to Zane, waiting for someone to say something—anything.
Instead, Cain let out a slow breath.
"There's something else you need to know."
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