Chapter 40: Lost Cause

Ivy's POV

“It’s you!”

Veronica turns to me with a fierce ferocity, face twisted with rage. She looks angrier than I’ve ever seen her–the sort of anger that burns right down to your core. Like she could kill me. Like she could tear me limb from limb. She bares her teeth at me, and there’s something feral and wild in her eyes.

“It’s you!” She repeats furiously. “You’re the one who slandered my father and I to His Highness! You’re the reason this is all happening to me!”

Veronica lunges towards me, claws out, but before I can even blink in surprise, Beta Wilson has her pinned tight. Her arms are twisted behind her back so tightly that even the slightest movement must be excruciatingly painful, and even still, she thrashes.

“Is your whole life a lie?” I ask quietly, looking at Veronica with pity, not anger.

Much to my surprise, I don’t think I can be angry at her anymore.

She’s too miserable for that.

“First you seduced my fiance, and now you’re trying to seduce Prince Spencer?” I co