Vanya POV

My heart was beating so fast I thought it might explode as Bernard stood beside our table, his face red with anger and his voice loud enough for the entire restaurant to hear. Every person in the dining room was staring at us, some of them holding up their phones to record the scene. The humiliation I felt was overwhelming, but underneath it, I could feel something else growing stronger - anger.

"Answer me, Vanya!" Bernard shouted, slamming his hand on our table so hard that the ...