#Chapter 84: Whispers Of Exile

Aria’s POV “She has to be drunk or something,” people whispered all around. “There’s no way that’s the truth.” “Lucian would marry Sheila, after everything she did? No, it has to be a lie.” Hearing the whispers, I sunk further and further into myself. Julia looked at me in shock, but I couldn’t reply. I didn’t know how to tell her the truth. I couldn’t believe that Sheila had outed our situation like this to the entire family like she had no cares in the world. Or maybe I could believe that, as Sheila had always been terrible to me. What I couldn’t believe was that Lucian had told Sheila about our situation to begin with. Had he expected her to keep quiet about it? Even after everything else she’d ever said and done to me? But then, he’d always been quick to defend her, ever the loyal soldier at Sheila’s side. Even when I had still lived here, he had consistently sided with her over me. Any time I’d tried to speak out against her, I’d been shot down and told I was overr