Chapter 15: He doesn’t want her back.

Antonia’s pov.

Malachi lets go of my arm at the sight of Tieran, and though I said I’d feel nothing for him, that I’d never let myself have any emotions for Malachi Finn - I still find a bit of my heart breaking every time because he manages to surprise me.

I know Malachi can be more than mean, I just never thought he’d direct it to me one day.

His words ring in my ears even as we stand there and he rakes a hand through his burnt gold hair. He looks dashing in his suit. He radiates an exotic kind of charm when the light catches his eyes just right.

We’re standing in the hallway of my father’s house, yet he’s managed to make me feel like a slut, “We’re just going through some marital issues, Uncle Tieran. Antonia’s being difficult.”

I remember Tieran is standing behind me and I pull myself together. Every rogue fear I have in me lights up and makes me wonder if he heard all the things Malachi said to me. I must look weak to him right now. Tieran’s response makes me feel a surge of warm