Chapter 31 Fractures

• She pulled herself up short. Wait a minute, she thought. I don’t have anything to do with Stefan. She stared at the ring on her finger. It was a sham, just like their whole relationship; it wasn’t real. Tonight, she had started to feel something for Stefan Romano, started to believe that he was a good man. More sham.
• Across the room, Stefan seemed to sense that something was wrong and glanced across at her. He raised a hand and Aria quickly looked away, but out of the corner of her eye she saw him moving toward her. She forced herself to stand up straight.
• “What is it, Aria?”