~Sai
Theodore was still holding the cheek I had slapped, his face clouded with confusion and disbelief.
He never saw it coming. The slap. The way I challenged him. None of it.
I didn’t want things to escalate between us. I didn’t want another fight, something worse than what happened between him and Caspian. So, without saying another word, I turned and walked out of the room.
I headed straight to Caspian’s room. He needed to know the truth. He needed to hear exactly what happened in that room. He couldn’t afford to jump to conclusions without understanding the full picture.
But when I arrived, he wasn’t there.
I had thought he’d be in his room, not at the party, but I guessed wrong. My instincts failed me.
Without wasting time, I turned back and walked toward the lounge, where the
