Chapter 56

• Aria
• I’m standing there, staring at Lucas like an absolute idiot. My brain? Completely fried. I swear, I couldn’t string together a coherent thought even if my life depended on it. And trust me, it kinda did.
• Mia swoops in, bless her meddling little heart, all smiles as she plucks the box from my hands. “Oh, that’s mine,” she says sweetly. Then, as if that wasn’t enough to confuse Lucas, she adds, “You know, it’s for my… thing.”