~SCARLETT~
It was Autumn's wedding day, and we were on the Fawn's yacht, but my mind was elsewhere—on Carter. Ever since I asked him to steer clear of me, he hadn’t made any effort to reach out.
I knew I was the one who set those boundaries, but I had hoped he’d put up more of a fight. It was a tough pill to swallow, realizing I must not have been that important to him after all.
I tried to distract myself by focusing on Anya and Atticus. He was married to Autumn, yet Anya was all over him, and it was just disgusting.
"Can you believe this?" Clara exclaimed, disbelief etched on her face. "Autumn deserves so much better than this. Why are men such jerks? They all remind me of Carter and his shady antics."
I attempted to brush off my sister's words. I didn't want to speak ill of him; I
