Chapter 148

**KAELIA**

“I’m sorry… what?” Did I hear him correctly? Did he just say *'Because I am in love with her'?* Is that what he just said???

Cruz’s eyes twinkle as he studies me, the sad half turn of his lips telling me that he knows that I heard him properly. Stretching out a hand, he retrieves his phone then gazes wistfully at the picture of my cousin on the screen. His jaw tics and I can see the ten