Sophia's POV For several seconds, nobody moved. Nobody spoke. The entire boutique stood frozen after Ethan's shocking declaration. "I'm not gay!" The words echoed through the room. Wyatt blinked. Then blinked again. His brows slowly furrowed as if he genuinely thought he had misheard. "What did he just say?" Wyatt asked. I sighed heavily. "You heard him correctly." The moment the words left my mouth, chaos erupted. "ELEANOR, DON'T—" Too late. Like a woman who had escaped from a psychiatric hospital, Eleanor launched herself across the boutique. One second she was standing beside Wyatt. The next, she was flying toward Ethan. SLAP! The sound echoed through the room. Gasps erupted everywhere. Before Ethan could even react— SLAP! Another one landed. Harder. His head snapped sidew

