Chapter 105: Never mated
Belle was momentarily speechless. Clearing her throat, she said, "There is nothing going on between us," feigning ignorance.
"I am no fool. If it weren’t for me, you both would have been caught yesterday," Mia revealed, grinning mischievously.
Belle gasped in shock. "You knew? Why were you standing there?" She asked, mortified, nearly bursting into tears at the thought of being spied on while behaving so shamelessly.
"Don’t be shy. I envy you," Mia admitted with a dramatic sigh. "At least you have both a mate and a lover to run to. I have neither. I am hopeless."
Curious, Belle asked, "Did it not go well with the man you like?" She watched her closely, awaiting a response.
"He already has a mate," Mia revealed, exhaling dramatically once more.
Belle immediately felt sorry for her. "I am so sorry," she said, pulling Mia into a warm embrace.
"Don’t make me cry, I promised myself I wouldn’t." But the tears had already started falling. Before she knew it, she was sobbing, finally releasing everything she had bottled up. She had never cried since that day, forcing herself to stay busy to get over the heartbreak, but now it was clear she had only been deceiving herself.
"Let it all out," Belle comforted, gently rubbing her back. Seeing Mia cry over a man was a rare sight, and Belle knew just how much it must have taken for her to even confess her feelings. For someone as strong-willed as Mia, tears meant true heartbreak.