ARIA
My heart stopped beating for a moment, Caterina’s words sinking into my bloodstream. There was no way she was telling the truth. She was just trying to get to me.
When I ignored her, I heard her chuckle behind me.
“You think I’m lying?” She chuckled, raising her hand for me to see.
“He gave me this ring when we were in high school,” she continued in a soft, dreamy tone. “I’ve been his ever since, and he’s mine. So,” her tone turned bitter, “he might be f*****g you now and bringing you here to annoy me since we are currently fighting, but he’s mine. When he’s done with you, he knows where home is.”
Her heels clicked against the floors again, the sound getting fainter in my ears as she walked away.
That was when I exhaled a breath I didn’t know I’d been holding. My throat felt tig
