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Alexis just kept smiling.
“Yvaine’s a Carlisle. I’d imagine she’s too well-bred to be sneaky.”
Yvaine snorted.
“Says the woman who crept over here like a cockroach and started a fight she can’t finish. Who’s being sneaky?”
Alexis just shrugged.
Girls like her were the hardest to deal with, too polished to crack, too pleased with themselves to care.
I glanced at the far corner of the balcony and raised my voice just enough for it to carry.
“I’m guessing Cassian never wanted to marry you in the first place. You and your precious family just wouldn’t let go. You’re insecure. That’s why you came here to warn Yvaine off.”
Alexis’s smile started peeling off her face in slow layers.
Still, she didn’t lash out.
“Cassian’s best off with me. You really think he’d choose Yvaine Carlisle?” she said calmly.
“We’re announcing the engagement next week.”
Footsteps approached from behind her.
Cassian stepped into view.
His eyes scanned the three of us like he’d walked into a crime scene.
“What the hell’s going on?”
Before Alexis could twist the narrative into another lie, I stepped in.
“Miss Rivera chased Yvaine out here to warn her off you.”
Yvaine folded her arms and glared at her ex-boyfriend.
“I’d love to know what gave Miss Rivera the impression I’ve been clinging to you. Maybe now’s a good time to clear that up?”
Cassian turned to Alexis, frowning hard.
“Is that true?”
For a split second, she looked rattled. Then she reset, face softening like butter under a lamp.
“I didn’t say anything like that. We were just chatting. I might’ve said something that came out wrong, but it wasn’t serious. You know how things can get misinterpreted. You believe me, don’t you?”
He hesitated.
Then he nodded.
“I believe you.”
Alexis blinked sweetly, as if that settled it.
“I didn’t mean any harm. They must’ve misunderstood.”
She stepped in and slid her arm around his.
“Let’s go.”
“Not so fast.”
I blocked their path.
“Shame there aren’t any cameras out here. Otherwise, everyone would’ve seen exactly how shameless you are. You really think both of us just hallucinated the same scene?”
Alexis kept smiling.
“You’re reading too much into it, Miss Vance.”
Her voice was soft, sugary.
I wanted to throw her into the hedge.
I glanced at Yvaine.
She hadn’t moved.
Her lips were pressed together, hands clenched, shoulders rigid.
I turned to the cause of all this trouble.
“You’ve known us long enough. You know who we are. Do you think Yvaine and I just made up a lie for fun? You think we’re that petty?”
Cassian’s eyes dropped to the ground.
Then he finally said, “I don’t think you’d lie, but, like Alexis said, maybe it’s just a misunderstanding.”
Yvaine looked up so fast her hair shifted.
Then she blinked, shut her eyes, and looked away again.
He could’ve stabbed her and it wouldn’t have cut deeper.
Alexis noticed.
Her lip curled slightly.
“Exactly. Seems like a misunderstanding. We’ll leave you to it.”
She turned, tugging at his arm.
I stepped in front of them.
“Hold on. You’re not walking off without explaining yourself. Or apologizing.”
Alexis halted, letting out a loud sigh.
“If you insist, Miss Vance, if an apology will make you happy… fine. I’ll apologize. Let’s just say it’s my fault. I’m sorry.”
Cassian frowned.
“What’d you make her apologize for? She did nothing wrong.”
“She called Yvaine a homewrecker, accused her of trying to sabotage your marriage, which, by the way, isn’t even a thing yet.”
Cassian looked at Alexis, then at Yvaine, then at me “You don’t believe me?” I saw the doubt in his eyes.
Alexis mumbled, “I said no such thing. Miss Vance, you must’ve misheard.”
“Then why did you apologize?”
“Because nothing else seemed to make you happy.
“So I’m the bully now?”
She turned to Cassian, lips trembling on cue.
“Cas, Miss Vance is just putting words in my mouth.”
Yvaine spoke up.
“It’s true. She did say those things. Elean didn’t lie.”
Cassian, caught between his ex and his current girlfriend, chose the latter.
“I believe you.” He patted Alexis’s arm. Then to Yvaine: “Forget it. We’re leaving.”
Throwing an arm around Alexis’s waist, he turned Then froze.
Two shadows peeled out of the corner near the balcony, tall and motionless in identical black suits.
The lights behind them cast their faces in partial darkness, but I knew those silhouettes before they stepped fully into view.
Neither said a word.
Sebastian’s stare was cold and dry.
Emmett’s was heavier, his jaw tight, eyes darker with a murderous glint.
He stepped forward.
“It’s my cousin’s wedding,” he said.
“And you brought someone in here to humiliate my sister. Are you sure this is the bridge you want to burn, Cassian?”
Cassian flinched.
“I didn’t come here to pick a fight.”
Emmett tilted his chin at Alexis.
“You don’t think this qualifies?”
“Of course it doesn’t!”
Emmett said nothing. Just stared.
The silence was like wet cement.
Cassian turned to Alexis and bent closer, lowering his voice.
“What the hell happened? What did you say to them?”