Chapter 20

Just as Bryce felt himself start to waver, a woman's voice broke in. "Bryce! My engagement party is tomorrow. Are you really planning to leave me behind and run off to find Yara?" It was Yelena. She'd come over hoping to talk some sense into him, but she hadn't expected to walk in on this conversation. She was the one who didn't want to be with Bryce, but now she looked stunned and hurt, her eyes filling with tears. "Bryce, you always said you loved me. Are you really not coming to my engagement party? Are you choosing Yara over me?" Seeing her, Bryce suddenly knew who he should choose. Yelena was getting engaged to someone he had never even met the very next day. For Yelena, he had endured the family's harshest punishments, even agreed to marry Yara and then divorce her. But after all these years, Yelena still didn't have the courage to leave the Dalton family and choose him. Yet, she kept insisting she loved him. He didn't know why, but he felt nothing for her anymore. At tha