Chapter 161

• Aria’s POV
• I was still fuming as I climbed the stairs. I shouldn’t have gone downstairs. I should’ve listened to Alessandro when he said Nico was just trying to ruin our moment. Because that’s exactly what he did. There had been no emergency. No urgent matter. Just Nico playing emotional puppeteer, tugging on every string to make me question the one thing I was finally sure of—us.
• Why was he so persistent? Why did it feel like his concern wasn’t really about me… but about keeping Alessandro away?