My hands lingered on his arm for a moment longer than necessary as I considered all of this.
I looked up at Alexander, meeting his gaze in the mirror. I couldn’t stop myself from murmuring, “Be safe out there, okay?”
Alexander huffed and turned around. “I’ll be fine,” he said gruffly.
He brushed past me, lightly bumping my shoulder, and stormed off. I stood there for a long moment, my brief moment of tenderness immediately replaced with frustration and resentment. What else did I expect?
“Prick,” I whispered.
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Sophia POV
Sophia watched with a bitter feeling in her heart as Ella adjusted Alex’s armor. The way her fingers lingered on his arm, the way she looked at him… The way she had found them this morning, tangled together in bed in a way they had never done befo
