The Scandalous Step Siblings: First Enemies, Then Lovers
The doubt was there, clouding his eyes, but I could see the betrayal was deeper, because I was the Critic, the one who had always profited from his pain, and to him, in this moment, I looked like exactly what Ethan said I was—a leech.
They marched me past the dining room where the sponsors watched with morbid curiosity, and some of them even pulled out their phones to record the "scandal" for their followers. Lila stood by the door with her arms crossed and a look of grim satisfaction on her face, and I knew she felt like she had finally won because the "chaos" was being escorted out in chains.