Chapter: STAFF ONLYWhen Isolde walks into my room the next morning, I wonder if everyone just takes it upon themselves to walk in while I'm asleep."Hey Aria," she whispers and carefully takes a seat beside me, running her fingers through my hair gently.I hum in response, not capable of bringing anything out at the moment. I don't even want to know what time it is.But I sure as hell know that it's fucking early since Isolde gets up in the middle of the night to go to work.Emergencies or clients that need help immediately. She doesn't mind taking the nightshifts she once said.But that doesn't mean she can bother me with it."Adrian has some free time tonight, and he's coming to pick me up at work. I was wondering if you'd like to join us? she suggests.I make an approving sound, agreeing with anything she'd say right now since all I want to do is just sleep."Perfect. I need to head out of town since they need me at another hospital, so it's going to take a while to drive over there. You both will pi
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Chapter: THE HAYESAs soon as Matteo and Aria had been able to excuse themselves from the dinner table, they were running upstairs like two teenagers, making out and removing each other's clothing before they had even reached Aria's bedroom."I've missed you so much, Aria," Matteo murmured whilst planting little kisses along Aria's neck, gently tugging at her hair to gain greater access to the skin on her neck."Mhmm..." She moaned in return, quickly beginning to unbuckle his belt before pushing him down onto the bed and climbing over his body.I've missed that killer body, but you? Not so much."You ready?" Matteo mumbled, watching Aria's expressions, as he slowly began to pull her directly over his crotch area."I'm always ready." Aria's eyes lit up, and that mischievous grin returned"So, you wanna go out for a drink sometime?" Matteo asked as he pulled his white T-shirt over his head and back onto his body. The contrast between the white shirt and his dark skin further accentuates Matteo's already s
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Chapter: A QUIET LOSS"How about Lucia?""I mean, I did sleep with Fredrick in year twelve, do you think she'd be over that yet?" Aria bit her lip lightly, a habit that had followed her around since high school."I feel this would be a whole lot easier if you hadn't slept with half of the guest list or their boyfriends." Adrian rolled his eyes, which seemed to have been instinctive to him since Aria's arrival less than twenty-four hours ago.They had been sitting in Isolde's mothers' lounge room for nearly two hours trying to create a wedding guest list and it was going absolutely terribly due to the fact that Aria either had beef with or had slept with pretty much everyone's boyfriend, father, uncle, or grandfather."Half is a bit lenient, I'm thinking more eighty to ninety percent of the guest list, darling." Aria winked jokingly at Adrian. She considered it a talent how she was able to get on Adrian's last nerves from merely a few words leaving her mouth, and she absolutely loved it."Aria, my love. The
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Chapter: SPILL THE TEAThe two girls let out a piercing squeal as they saw each other for the first time in over a year."Ari, you look so good!" Isolde shrieked as she wrapped her arms around Aria."Speak for yourself, girl," Aria replied, lightly pecking Isolde's cheek."Where's Adrian?" Isolde asked, second thoughts, glancing behind Aria's shoulder and not seeing him anywhere."Oh, he's just getting my suitcases from the car." She waved her hand absentmindedly behind her, only carrying her fake Gucci clutch bag in her hand. After all, it was the only thing that complemented her outfit, and she refused to pick up her suitcases, which were clashing with her outfit, if she had someone else to do so for her."We have so much catching up to do, but first, Isolde, are you really sure about all this?" Aria bit her lip lightly and briefly peeked behind her to ensure Adrian couldn't hear. She knew Isolde and Adrian had always been good together, always being the power couple of high school, second only to Aria an
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Chapter: THE INTRUSION"Look, Adrian, she's coming in a couple of hours, so you're just going to have to get used to the idea of her living with us for a few months," Isolde exclaimed at her fiance. The latter male was beyond hell-bent on not letting her best friend come to live with the two of them during their wedding preparations."Baby, I can do a week. Hell, I'll compromise and do two, but six whole months? No fucking way." Adrian retaliated, refusing to back down this time."She's coming to help with our wedding, Adrian.""No wedding should take six whole months to prepare." He mumbled under his breath, frustrated as he became aware that this was yet another battle with Isolde that he would be losing. He'd felt second best in Isolde life most of the time, but when it came to Aria, he knew he was absolutely second best."It does if it's going to be nearly as amazing as ours." She chuckled, gently leaning down and pecking his lips, her fiery red locks tumbling down against Adrian's cheeks as she did so
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