ELLA

For a moment Devlin simply stands there looking at me as if he has been caught in the middle of something he never planned to explain.

I drag in a deep breath.

I am overthinking.

I am overthinking again.

But reality proves otherwise, Leo is still clinging to him and the ease between them makes the scene feel strangely intimate in a way that twists painfully inside my chest.

Before I can say anything else, she squeals beside me.

“Devlin!”

Beatrice bolts forward, running past me with ...