Chapter 138. Understanding Him

Calla sat quietly before the dressing mirror in Sophia’s room, her reflection staring back at her like someone she barely recognized. Her mind felt distant, caught in a haze she couldn’t pull herself out of. Her breathing was steady. Way too steady for everything that had just happened.

She barely felt the sting on her forehead as Sophia gently cleaned the cut, dabbing carefully before applying ointment around it. The sharp scent filled the air, but even that didn’t fully register.

The pain should have hurt more. But right now, she felt nothing at all.

She kept her eyes on her reflection in the mirror, her thoughts drifting back to the moment Rico had shoved her against the mirror in her room. The memory replayed in her head over and over, like a scene she couldn’t escape.

No matter how many times she thought about it, she still co