Between the devil and the deep blue sea.

(Jared's POV)

My hands trembled as I closed the diary, barely processing the words still echoing in my mind. Just then, I heard footsteps outside the door, snapping me out of my daze.

The door creaked open, and Sofia strode in, her face already set in its usual frown. She stopped when she saw me, her eyes narrowing with suspicion.

"Sofia," I rasped, my throat tight, "we need to talk."

She paused, eyebrows raised. "What's this about?"

I didn't answer right away. Instead, I held up the diary. "Do you recognize this?"

Her eyes flickered-recognition, maybe fear-but she quickly masked it with indifference. "No. Why would I?"

"I think you do," I said, my voice low but steady. "Look closer."

She hesitated, taking the diary from my hands, her fingers brushing over the worn cover. "It's just a diary, Jared." She pushed it back to me, dismissively. "Where did you find this?"

question.

"Why would I hide something like that? We're divorced, Jared. Why is Arielle's stuff

the answer to my question." My voice hardened, frustration boiling just beneath

on her. What's the point? She's gone, you have me now." "Protect me?" I scoffed, unable to believe her audacity.

blinked, visibly startled by the intensity of my

interrupted, my voice sharper now. "You had the key to this

expression faltered for

her face

Venet

welled up in her eyes, glistening under the dim light. "You're yelling at me over a stupid diary? After

cracked as she went

me like a punch to the gut. My throat tightened, and for a moment, I was speechless. I swallowed hard, feeling my heart twist painfully. She knew exactly where to strike, and I had no defense. The

of the conversation, but the weight of it made my voice crack. "But don't twist this. This isn't about you

be with you, Jared! And now you want to guilt-trip me over a diary? Over some old memories? I'm the one

competition about who's hurting more. You think I don't regret everything that happened? I can't

"You mean your past with

not what I said!" I snapped, my patience fraying. "Stop

that you can't even see how much~~~ I'm still suffering." She paused, her voice softening into a calculated vulnerability. "I thought you loved me Jared. I thought we were

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