|Katherine|
“You have feelings for him.”
The words slipped from Giana’s lips with an ease that made them feel almost casual—but the impact was anything but. They hit me like a stone thrown into still water, sending ripples through my chest I wasn’t ready to confront.
I inhaled sharply, the sound catching in my throat. Deep down, a tiny, reluctant voice had already begun whispering the truth to me, a quiet awareness I’d tried to ignore. But hearing her say it aloud? Hearing my best friend say it, like it was just a fact, not a confession? It felt like a slap—sharp, sudden, and impossible to dismiss.
“You have feelings for your husband,” she repeated, her tone unwavering, as if stating the obvious could somehow make me admit it to myself. Her lips curved into that sly, infuriating grin a
