Blair's POV
I spent the rest of the day avoiding everyone.
After the disaster in the cafeteria and on the rooftop, I couldn't face going back to class, so I hid in the library until the final bell rang, then tried my best to avoid him afterward, which only proved impossible.
The mansion felt somewhat empty when I arrived, echoing with absence. Vale and Jane were out somewhere, my mother was at some charity luncheon, and Valor was in his office handling mafia business or whatever he did when he locked himself in there.
I went straight to my room and threw myself onto my bed, staring at the ceiling, replaying the argument I had with Dimitri over and over.
Maybe we need to take a step back.
The words stung worse each time I replayed them. Feeling like salt poured onto an open wound. My
