CHAPTER 25

NOAH 

I knew why Riley was here.

I knew she was going to find a way to cause some trouble later, but I was not expecting her to show up in the Dante's estate. 

If this were someone else, I might have been wondering how she got the address to this place. But knowing Riley, well…I didn't bother contemplating.

Neither of us said anything. This was not new. She always did this whenever she wanted to make me uncomfortable. She wanted to see if I would cave first, and I had gotten so used to her antics that it had become as natural as breathing for me.

I heard Ciara open the door. And even though I was not staring, I felt her surprise when Jeremy told her who she was.

And with growing horror, Ciara marched over to us, pasted a wide — definitely fake — grin on her face, and held out her hand to my ex girlfriend.

"Hi, Riley. I am Ciara, Noah's fiancée. What are you doing here?"