AMARIS POV
“I need to tell you something important.”
The tension in Theron’s voice sent a chill down my spine. Instinct told me whatever was coming wouldn’t be easy to hear.
I had just finished preparing our coffee and placed the mugs on the table before taking my seat. Theron sat across from me, his shoulders slightly hunched.
“Well?” I prompted, forcing a nervous smile.
“Zinnia’s staying for another two weeks,” he said flatly.
My shoulders dropped. The breath I didn’t realize I was holding slipped from my lips in a quiet exhale.
Jealousy it’s an ugly, unwelcome emotion, and yet it curled around my chest, tightening. She had been his first love. The girl who had once made him cruel toward me.
How could I not feel insecure with her back in his orbit?
“We’ll get through it,” he sai
