|Theodore|
“Carmella,” I breathed, rushing forward just as her lips parted, her expression still stunned and wordless.
The other woman turned to me slowly, her eyes dark with something bitter—anger, maybe. Jealousy, perhaps.
I quickly stepped between them, inserting myself into the rising tension like a blade cutting through air. My body moved on instinct, shielding Carmella as I fixed the woman in front of me with a hard, unflinching glare. She didn’t back down—her stare matched mine, equally fierce, equally defiant.
“What the hell was that for?” I hissed, my voice low and sharp, like a warning barely contained.
The woman let out a scoff, tossing her head back with a dramatic flick of her hair.
“What for?” she echoed mockingly, her tone full of venom. “That woman deserved it! She d
