REINA

By the time my last class ended, I’d already spent half the lecture fidgeting with my pen, pretending to take notes while my mind was a mess of half-formed excuses.

I wasn’t even sure why I’d asked Tessa to come over. Maybe because the guilt was getting too loud. Maybe because I knew if I didn’t tell her soon, she’d find out some other way—and that would be worse.

Now that Tess and her friends already knew about Domenico, it was only right I tell her the truth. It won't be okay for my best friend to learn the truth about my marriage from other people.

When I walked...