Tears streamed down Coco’s face, her eyes red and swollen.
"I'm sorry… I really am… I shouldn’t have done this. I… I betrayed you."
Her expression was complicated, clouded with pain that was hard to decipher.
Stellar assumed she was hurting over Xavier’s betrayal and let out a soft sigh. "Alright, just go home."
"Miss Rivers, I have one last request. Could you not tell Xavier about this?"
Coco knew how shameless it sounded, but she still asked anyway.
Stellar didn’t respond, and Coco didn’t press further.
She turned and left, shame weighing on her shoulders.
Once she was gone, Stephen looked at the girl beside him with concern. "Are you alright?"
He knew Stellar always looked calm on the surface, but she was deeply sentimental.
The sting of betrayal by someone she trusted couldn’t have been easy.
Stellar pressed her lips together, pulling herself back together. "I’m fine. Let’s focus on finding out who’s behind this."
When Coco mentioned she’d been manipulated by another woman, the f
