Chapter 186

I don't hear the rest of what Atlas says, my mind reeling from what I just heard a moment before.

How could she?! And why didn't she tell me? Why didn't she warn me? Tilly and I just spent the last 45 minutes cleaning my dress, and she said nothing about this.

I look over at Tilly. "I'm sorry," she mouths silently as she takes her place by Sydney's side. Sydney smiles sweetly up at Tilly before turning to me and sneering.

Oh, what I wouldn't give to smash her face into something right now.

"Cordelia," Someone says my name and I snap my head to attention, coming out of my fog of anger and disappointment at Tilly's betrayal to listen.

"I'm sorry," I blink up at Atlas. "Can you repeat what you just said?"

"Cordelia," Atlas takes a deep breath. "We are still looking for the right designer to guide you," he apologizes, his eyes sad, "but we are narrowing it down to a few great options."

"I see," I look down at my hands. He didn't tell me either. The two people I love more than anyone cho