Chapter 39 Your Embarrassment Is Your Own Doing

• Avery’s Point of View
• As I raised my head, my cheek still stinging from the slap, my gaze locked onto her Maya, the same nuisance from the boutique. She stood before me, her lips curled into a self-satisfied smirk as she crossed her arms, clearly reveling in her perceived victory.
• “You,” she said, her tone dripping with malice. “We meet again. This time, you’ll pay for humiliating me back then.”