MARIA.
I barely had time to breathe after everything that had just happened.
Vincent's sudden change in attitude was alarming but that wasn't the reason I came to my room.
I had come to fetch something—The bracelet.
My breath hitched slightly as I pushed myself off the bed and walked toward my small drawer. My fingers trembled just a little as I pulled it open and reached inside.
There it was, simple… but meaningful. I had personally and carefully made it myself.
For Noah.
A soft smile tugged at my lips despite everything. After all the chaos, the confusion, the fear… this was something real. Something that belonged to just me and him.
At least I needed a gift for our fake engagement.
Carefully, I picked it up, running my thumb over it for a brief second.
Then I turned and hurried toward the door.
I needed to give it to him.
Right now.
Before anything else could go wrong.
