Chapter 104

• Aria's POV
• It deflated my insides, almost like I'd been socked in the gut, seeing him sitting in my living room. My hand unconsciously clutched the strap of my bag as I stood frozen in the doorway, and the world seemed to shrink down until it was just him, Dave, the man I once loved with every fibre of my being, staring back now with an intensity that sent my heart racing.
• "Aria," he murmured this time, softer. "We have to talk."