Chapter 52

Bella

1 shook my head against her shoulder “It’s not okay” I choked out

She didn’t argue. She just held ine tighter, letting me cry until the cote dowed in shaky beat autounge 1 was ruined: smudged eyeliner and streaked foundation, but I didn’t care None of it mattered anyone

Lara cased back just enough to look at me, thumbs brushing the tears from my cheeks.

“What happened?” she asked softly.

I told her everything-Jones in Black’s office, the woman who looked like me, Black’s hands on my waist. Min body se against mine, hard and unmistakable. The way Jones had chased me down. The way he’d accted me of trying to Black for grades. The way he’d dropped the bomb about his sister and Black Being engaged

Lara listened without interrupting. When I finished, she let out a long breath.