Chapter 174 Hundred And Seventy Four

• ARIEL'S POV
• I just couldn’t stay there another second. I thought of going to Marcus again, but I couldn’t drag him into this mess any further. The only person I needed to face was the one who had started all of this, the one who had destroyed everything between Ryan and me.
• I dialed Esther's number with shaky fingers. My throat felt tight, my chest heavy. When her voice came through the line, sharp and uninterested, I almost hung up.