|| STELLA's POV ||

The announcement hit the media like a bombshell. Knox’s engagement to Isabella Bellini was splashed across every news outlet, the glossy photos of their smiling faces and the dazzling engagement ring a stark contrast to the turmoil inside me. My phone buzzed incessantly with messages and calls from friends, all asking the same questions. But I had no answers for them, no explanations that made sense even to me.

I stared at the screen in disbelief, the words blurring as tears filled my eyes. How could he do this? How could he betray me so completely? Anger and hurt twisted inside me, a seething storm that...