Celeste

I stared at her in disbelief. “This is my room now. My parents live here. You need to leave.”

“Your parents?” Aria laughed coldly. “Your mother married into this family for money, and you’re just extra baggage. You don’t belong here.”

Her words hit me like slaps, but I tried not to show how much they hurt.

“Jace will get tired of you eventually,” I said, trying to sound stronger than I felt. “Then what will you have?”

“At least I have him now,” Aria shot back. “What do you have? A stepbrother who can’t stand you? A mother who only cares about her new rich husband?”

I wanted...