Damien’s POVAria didn’t move for several seconds after Adrian disappeared beyond the gates. Rain continued falling steadily across the driveway while reporters shouted questions through the security barriers, but she stood completely still, her body frozen as though it had forgotten how to function. Then quietly she whispered, “I hurt him.” The pain in her voice settled heavily inside me. Sophia immediately wrapped an arm around her shoulders. “Aria..”“I hurt him,” she repeated again, sounding more broken this time. Watching her cry over another man should have bothered me more than it did. Instead, all I felt was guilt. Because Adrian had looked devastated walking away from her tonight, and deep down I knew he didn’t deserve this kind of ending. None of us did. Marcus approached carefully from the gates. “The reporters are multiplying. We need to move inside now.” Sophia looked horrified. “Multiplying?” “Three more news vans just arrived.” “Fantastic. Love that for us
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