Chapter 171

ARIANA'S POV

I should have been celebrating. Odette Moreau was finally going to pay for her crimes, and justice had been served. I could finally sleep at night without nightmares of the torture I had undergone in her capture. I hoped so anyway. I couldn't go through life looking over my shoulders forever. I couldn't wake up each night in a sweat because I had woken up from yet another nightmare where I was being hit in the head. Even taking a shower was a daunting task because I could feel myself drowning.

Now that both Reginald and Odette were behind bars, I should be happy but I couldn’t find it in me to be happy. Not with the way things stood between Rob and me.

I paced the length of our bedroom, my anger bubbling just beneath the surface. Rob had humiliated Sylvia. Josh and Sylvia's relationship had fractured because of his reckless words. How could he not see the damage he had caused?

I paused by the window, looking out at the garden below. The roses were in full bloom. I used