Chapter 24

• [ARIETTA’S POV]
• It felt like cold water was poured over me when I saw Pierce standing not far from us. From the distance he was at, I knew he had heard everything I said.
• Just from the look on Pierce’s face, I felt like he didn’t like what he had heard from me. I gulped. For a moment, I feared what he would think of me, but then I realized, what does his opinion really matter to me? If his attitude towards me changes because of what I said… isn’t that actually better? It would be easier for me to bury my feelings for him. I’d bury them in oblivion, and no one else would know I ever liked him.