AURELIA POV ♡I try to focus on the rest of the dinner after that call, but it becomes difficult in a quiet, frustrating way that I cannot easily shake off. Teresa keeps talking, trying to keep things light, but I notice how her eyes linger on me a little longer than usual, as if she can tell something shifted even though I said everything was fine.I pick at my food, responding when necessary, nodding at the right moments, but my mind is no longer fully present at the table. It keeps replaying Seth’s voice, the way he answered my question without actually denying anything, and more than that, the way Regina sounded so comfortable calling him like that…I know that we are now divorced but it stings terribly…By the time we finish eating, I am more tired mentally than I am physically.Teresa notices it immediately when we step outside.“You look exhausted, Aurelia,” she says, her tone softer now. “Let the driver take you home, before dripping me off. We can do this another time when th
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