Betrayed on the wedding day
“You call it safe when I was nearly assaulted in that mall parking lot? You call it safe when disgusting gossip about you and Leviana spread, leaving me humiliated by everyone? You call it safe when I saw you with my own eyes—kissing her at that hotel?”
Adrian flinched, her words stabbing straight into his chest. “Deviana… that was a trap. Their trap. I never chose that.”
She wiped her tears harshly. “But I’m the one who paid for it. I’m the one who was humiliated. I’m the one who lost my dignity. You might call it a trap, but to me, the wounds are real.”
Silence pressed down on them, broken only by the whisper of the night wind. Adrian took a step closer, his gaze locked on her. “Then let m