Mattheo's expression hardened instantly. "Serena?" He repeated. Then his hand was suddenly at my chin, forcing my face up toward him. His dark eyes searched my face like he was trying to force the past into focus. "Like Serena Rosier?" There wasn't a trace of friendliness left in his voice. Not that he probably even knew what the word meant. "So you're not as stupid as you look after all." I said sweetly enough for the insult to sting twice as much. Then I pushed his rough hand away from my chin. ...

★●𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦.●★ 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆'𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵. 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿. 𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲.