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Chapter 50 - You Should've

-Julien Grayson:

I just stared at him.

For a moment, I couldn't even speak. My mind felt like it was moving too fast and too slow at the same time, thoughts crashing into each other, overlapping, making it impossible to hold onto just one. I was looking at Ezra, really looking at him, but at the same time, I wasn't fully there. Because everything—everything—was starting to make sense in a way that made my chest feel tight.

My parents.

My thoughts began to spiral, pulling me back through the past week, through every small, strange detail I hadn't paid attention to at the time. Pops was asking me, out of nowhere, if I had a boyfriend. Not just once, but multiple times. The way he kept pushing, gently but persistently, like he was trying to steer me somewhere. And then Kyle. The sudden introduction, the setup, the whole arranged marriage conversation that came out of nowhere.

 

My breath hitched slightly.

They knew.

They knew.

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