Chapter 190

“If you’re mad at me because of him, then honestly, there’s no need. I don’t feel anything for him. Really. I ran into him later too, and I can’t even explain what I felt—definitely not happiness, more like... resentment,” she said, trying to come clean. Lucian Sterling stayed quiet. Resentment, huh? That’s just love flipped inside out. Hadn’t Ariella Rios also once said she hated him too? “You don’t have to explain. What’s in the past is in the past. Let it go and get some rest,” Lucian said stiffly. She’d already explained—why did he still care? How could she make him believe she honestly had zero interest in that guy? She didn’t want to have this conversation on a busy street with people walking by. Since he wouldn’t talk, she dropped it too. The two walked side by side, not holding hands, both silent. Back at the hotel, Lucian grabbed a change of clothes and walked straight into the bathroom without a word. Ariella sat on the bed, zoning out. The way he was acting so strangely jeal