|Carmella|
“That’s not what this is about, Camilla,” I said, dodging her words as my gaze slipped away from hers. “This… this is about you, about the choices you made.”
Camilla stayed silent, her eyes fixed on me, her expression unreadable. I couldn’t tell how long the silence stretched between us, filling the room like an invisible weight, before she finally released a heavy sigh.
“Carmella, it’s fine,” she murmured, her voice soft yet laced with a resigned calm. I glanced at her in confusion, her words catching me off guard.
“You don’t have to say it outright. Because, if I’m being honest, it was Theodore’s affection I was after from the beginning. I told myself that if I devoted myself to him, if I gave everything I had, he would be the one constant by my side, especially after we
