#Chapter 100: Why Do Right Choices Feel So Wrong?

Aria’s POV I could feel Lucian’s eyes on me long before I turned and caught him staring. Yet, even caught, he kept his gaze on me. Though his face was expressionless, his eyes were sad and filled with longing. He looked at me deeply, as if he could see straight down to the core of me. Did he know how much I still loved him? How difficult this entire process had been for me? Did he even care? My heart had been aching for days, ever since the mutual rejection, yet now it stung with a fresh pain. Would it ever truly recover after this? Distance, maybe, would give me the time and space I needed to forget about Lucian. When I had those things, perhaps I could move forward with my life. For now, however, everything hurt, my heart a gaping, bleeding wound exposed and prone to infection. “We going to lunch?” Jasper asked. I’d already agreed to it, but I was hesitating now. Even though the ceremony was over, I knew the minute I stepped out of this courthouse would be the same