Chapter 73

Allison's POV

She looked the same and yet nothing like I remembered. Elegance sharpened by bitterness, her eyes scanning the crowd until they landed on me. I froze, the noise around me dulling to static.

For a heartbeat, I forgot how to breathe.

Her expression was unreadable — somewhere between pride and disgust, like she couldn’t decide which emotion deserved more space. I wanted to look away, but couldn’t. It was as if the years between us had collapsed into this ...