CHAPTER 101

~ Camilla

Alex walked towards me, and for a split second, a stupid, delusional split second, I searched his face for something human. Give me anything, a flicker of worry. Confusion. Regret. Love. Anything. Anything that resembled the man who kissed the corner of my jaw when he thought I wasn’t paying attention, who used to laugh at my little mistakes like they were adorable, but what stood in front of me wasn’t that man. This person was different.

This Alex was steady. Cold. Detached. His jaw was set like stone, his eyes empty except for a calculating flicker that terrified me more than Isabella’s slap.

“Alex…” My...