Chapter 22

I don't want to get out of bed. I feel used and betrayed. And I know I shouldn't feel this way because I hate him and I don't want to feel anything for him, but it's inevitable for me and it makes me angry. That is why the tears in my eyes come out with pure anger and hatred.

I hate here. I want to leave. My arm hurts terribly. I locked myself in as soon as the ceremony was over, Patrick has been knocking on my door asking me to come out, that my father wants to talk to me. But he is so hypocritical that he is not even able to come himself to apologize, instead he sends his servant.

I stay up all night hating it and in the morning I hear the soft knocks on my sister's door that lead me to open it. He looks at my arm with pity and then hugs me. I hold back my tears like never before and together we fall on the bed while she repairs my arm.

"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have left...

I downplay it.

-How did it go?

“Don't change the subject, Aria. Tell me about this, I want to know how you f