Juventas threw open her door with a sour expression that made Caius cringe noticeably.
She folded her arms across her chest and looked at him blankly.
“I don’t have time to babysit for you, Caius.”
I narrowed my eyes at her, but Caius took my hand and squeezed it gently and I was so surprised that I looked down at my hand to see if it was really happening.
“That’s not why we’re here.”
“Oh?” she looked at him with a hint of curiosity sparking behind her severe eyes. “Is she having regrets already?”
“I don’t regret anything.”
I didn’t regret anything…. I regretted everything. But for some reason I hated it that she seemed so smug.
She wanted me to suffer because she had, apparently, expressed doubts about me to Caius when he told her that he wanted me.
The flash of amusement in he
