Chapter 34

"I'm sorry, Aria," he said, his voice professional yet blunt.

"Monologue refused the offer. She told us not to contact her again, and she made it clear

that she won't perform for a cheater-especially not at a wedding."

ria's face drained of color, her lips parting in disbelief.

"What?!" she shrieked, her voice cutting through the room.

I pressed my lips together, trying-and failing-to suppress the laughter bubbling up inside

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Her outburst drew every eye in the room, whispers spreading through the crowd like

wildfire.

They were all witnessing her humiliation, and there was no escaping it.

A middle-aged man, Aria's father, strode over, his face a mask of disappointment.

"Aria," he said sternly, his voice low but authoritative. "I raised you to behave like a lady. Who gave you permission to lose your temper like this in public?"

Her hands clenched Into fists at her sides, her voice tight with anger and shame.

"I'm sorry, Father," she muttered, her eyes shooting daggers at me before she stormed off

after him.

But not before she hurled one final threat over her shoulder.

"I won't forget the humiliation you caused me today. I'll make sure you pay for this."

I raised an eyebrow, letting my voice slip into a cool, mocking tone.

letting you off the

steps faltered, and for a brief second, genuine shock

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like that,

to retort, but the murmurs from the crowd only

one last time before hurrying after her father, tail tucked between her

allowed myself a

of pleasure was

humiliate me, but in the

alcohol still coursing through my veins and the dizziness quickly making a comeback, I sat down on the couch

of my vision blurred, and before I knew

carriage.

glow of the dim lights illuminated Leo's face as

you... everything has fallen

but

away, every ounce of hurt and

me, Leo.

around me, making it hard to

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craved him, but my mind was sharp,

the car, legs unsteady, my mind swimming from both alcohol and the storm of emotions rushing

to hearing "no"

in to his touch, his

But things had changed.

I had changed.

and reaching for me again, his

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