Ariana
I whipped around, letting go of Noah’s arm as I left the coffee shop. I knew deep down that I would see them together like that at some point during this holiday. I just didn’t think it would still hurt this much. Noah appeared beside me and all those feelings fell away. His touch was like the salve I needed to heal my wounds and I breathed in his scent.
“If you don’t want to go in there, we don’t have to, but I think we should. I think you need to show them that you are the princess. That you’ve moved on. It’s going to hurt, but they don’t have to know that.” He always knew the right thing to say to me. Even before we realized we were mates. Even when he teased me, he always knew what to say to make me feel better. I looked into his eyes and nodded.
“Thank you.” I looked into h
