Chapter 38 Face Off

• |Aria|
• When I made the resolution to be beside him without giving him my heart, it was highly influenced by his mother’s actions. The way she ridiculed me for going out with Damien, and he ended up coming back wounded, as if that was my fault.
• As I left his chambers that morning after tending to him all night, I was about to eat breakfast when she barged in and landed two slaps on my cheek without mercy. My eyes blinked in confusion as I held tightly onto my red cheek.