Alina’s POV.
“You f*****g slut!” Aria yelled through the phone. I wanted to yell back, to tell her I wasn’t a slut.
But wasn’t I?
Isn’t this who I was?
Sleeping with her husband… and now being reluctant to switch back?
I didn’t have the right to be hurt, not when I was the one doing wrong.
“I’m talking to you, Alina! Come home so we can switch back!” she screamed.
My eyes drifted to Edrick. He was outside on the balcony, still on a call. His shoulders were tense, his jaw clenched… and my stupid heart softened, knowing I could ease that tension the second he walked in.
“Aria, just give me a few more days,” I whispered. “I’ll switch back, I promise. I just really need to do something.”
“Alina, are you sleeping with my husband? What more time do you need!?”
Her words cut through my
