Thirty Eight

After tidying up my messy clothes, and controlling myself, I walked back towards the party hall. I steeled my steps past the people who somehow still managed to stand and talk to each other.

My eyes accidentally saw Rhysand talking while embracing the waist of a woman in a tight green dress.

I snorted harshly at the sight. Realizing how he was so relaxed and embracing the sexy woman beside him after he kissed me... made the tightness in my chest hurt more than ever.

But I try to ignored that and pretend like it was nothing at all, so I stepped back towards where I was sitting, and found Rafaella and my parents standing greeting a middle-aged couple and a familiar young man.

Rafaella who saw me first as I stepped closer called me out, "Come here, Dee." They looked at me, and I smiled when I saw who the man was standing between them.

"Hello, Amanda." Greet Serena de Sanctis, wife of Darius de Sanctis, a man about my father's age who stands beside her.

"Long time no see, auntie." She