Chapter 65

• **Bella's POV**
• I sat on the couch and couldn’t help but think about how Matteo was so insistent on hiding our findings about Sebastian from Aurora. I get he’s protecting her but it seemed different, like a different level of concern.
• Thinking about this, my thoughts circle back to Anthony’s confession. I hadn’t stopped thinking about it since he said those words. “I just need you to know. You mean much more to me than you realize.” He had said. But my past, my messy love life... It had left scars.