When Apologies Die
Especially after hearing my parents’ excessive accusations, his expression was one of pure shock.
Over the years, he knew my relationship with my parents wasn’t good, but this kind of undisguised dislike was something he was seeing for the first time.
Adrian clasped his fingers awkwardly. Panic and guilt flickered in his eyes, but more than that, there was expectation.
An expectation that I would take this chance to step down gracefully.
At that moment, my heart sank completely.
This was his apology.
Using my parents’ bias and Bella’s performance to force me into admitting that I had overthought everything, that I was the one being unreasonable.