With each step Noah took through the corridors of the castle, his heart sank deeper and deeper. Mina’s expression told him everything he needed to know: that he would never measure up to Luca Van der Linden, and she had made her choice between the two men.
He had the strong urge to punch the wall, while at the same time crawl into a corner and let his tears flow privately.
I shouldn’t have come back here, he thought bitterly. All it caused was heartbreak.
Even though they had never defined their relationship, he thought that she would have waited for him to return before moving on so quickly. He had only been away for two weeks. They had given their virginity to one another, and to him that meant something.
Unless she was lying when she said she was a virgin, he wondered. She’s not
