Scarlett POV
Before I’d even pushed the door open, I thought I was ready for whatever was on the other side.
I wasn’t.
My stomach clenched so hard I tasted it. My throat went dry. My eyes burned before I could stop them.
I made myself stay in that doorway instead of running.
Liliana was sitting on Jaxen’s lap, right on the couch that once belonged to us.
Yes, on him.
She had one hand pressed against his chest and the other placed on his thigh.
His arm was around her waist, the same way it used to settle around mine.
I just…felt lost.
My fingers dug into the cardboard box so hard that the edges bit my skin.
I couldn’t look away.
No.
I blinked hard, forcing air back into my lungs.
Liliana was just some nobody who thought she could sit in my place.
I wasn’t about to lo
