Chapter Fifty: Maybe Then

"We meet again."

Victoria says as she trails behind Matteo, with a confused look on her face. I wonder why she is looking at me like that. Does she not like the outfit change?

Rather than answer Matteo, I stare at the perfectly manicured fingers wrapping around his arm.

I have so many things to say, but a fullness surfaces in my throat, choking me. I’m not sure I can speak without my voice shaking.

"I asked you a question, Olivia."

Matteo insists as he continues to near me, but Victoria pulls him back.

Why is she acting as if she can tame him, as if she is trying to save me, if anything, its almost as if she is trying to show me that he listens to her.

Am I jumping to conclusions because I am jealous?

A dry scoff that I cannot contain slips through my lips.

“If you have time to laugh, answer my question!”

“I don’t see the point in answering you."

I respond, and almost immediately, a sneer rises on his lips, and a vein appears on his forehead despite there not being a change