LOGINAria’s POV I had absolutely no idea where Nathan was taking me, which was already annoying me because this man had developed a very irritating habit of refusing to tell me anything whenever he had some mysterious little plan in his head, and when I asked him where we were going for the third time, he just kept his eyes on the road like I wasn’t sitting beside him practically dying of curiosity. “Where are we going?” “You’ll see.” I turned my head slowly and stared at him, “You know I hate when you say that, right?” “I know.” “And yet you keep saying it.” “Yes.” I scoffed and folded my arms across my chest, “You’re enjoying this.” He glanced at me briefly, and I caught the tiny smile pulling at the corner of his mouth, “Maybe.” “Asshole.” “I’ve been called worse.” “By me?” “Mostly.” I rolled my eyes and looked out the window, trying to figure out where we were going based on the road, but after about five minutes I gave up because apparently Manhattan had decided to becom
Sophia’s POV I was sitting on my bed scrolling through my phone when I saw the post. At first, I didn’t even care enough to open it because Manhattan had about a million stupid gossip pages posting pictures of celebrities, influencers, rich people and anybody else they thought their followers would give a shit about, but then I saw the headline and my thumb stopped moving. NEXT HOT COUPLE IN MANHATTAN? “Seriously?” I almost scrolled past it, but something about the picture underneath the headline caught my attention, so I tapped on it. The page loaded slowly, and the second the picture appeared on my screen, my entire mood changed. Nathan and Aria, together?! I stared at the picture for a few seconds, feeling my jaw tighten as I looked at the two of them smiling at each other. It looked like somebody had taken the picture from far away, probably without them noticing, because they were standing close together and Aria was looking up at Nathan with that stupid little sm
Aria’s POV Is just me or is everyone and everything in my life confusing and freaking me out at the same time. I’ve been contemplating telling Nathan fuck it and going to see this person who claims to know where my sister is, but this possessive safety obsessed freak won’t let me go anywhere. Bummer. I know what you’re thinking, Aria how are you so calm right now? Oh baby trust me i’m not! If anything i’m terrified, mainly because of fear of being kidnapped, thanks a bunch to that run way experience. And because I have this feeling that Nathan is going to dump my ass as soon as Alexa gets here. So yeah, I’m terrified! I sat on the edge of the bed, staring down at my phone while my thumb moved mindlessly across the screen, even though I wasn’t actually reading anything. My mind was somewhere else entirely, running through every possible scenario like it had nothing better to do with itself. Alexa comes back, Nathan sees her. They talk, she cries, he hugs her and bam
Liam’s POVI had been staring at the same spot on my bedroom wall for almost ten minutes, and I still hadn’t moved.Hailey was asleep beside me, her back turned toward me, breathing softly while one of her hands rested underneath her pillow. Everything around me was quiet, the kind of quiet that usually made it easier to think, but tonight it was doing the exact opposite because my mind wouldn’t shut the fuck up.I kept thinking about Aria.Not because I wanted to.Because I knew what was coming.I turned onto my back and stared at the ceiling, rubbing both hands over my face as I let out a slow breath. I had known this day would come eventually, I just never expected it to feel this heavy when it finally did.Aria trusted me.That was the part that kept eating at me.She trusted me enough to tell me things she probably didn’t tell anybody else, she trusted me enough to laugh with me when she was upset, to call me when she needed somebody, to sit beside me and complain about Nathan fo
Aria’s POV I was still thinking about everything that had happened over the last few weeks when my phone started ringing again. I was sitting on the edge of the bed, going through some of the clothes I’d bought with Nathan earlier, while he was standing near the window checking something on his phone. I picked up my phone without looking at the screen, already expecting Hailey to call with something stupid, but the second I saw the unknown number, my whole body went still. No. Not again. My heart started beating faster as I stared at the screen, and for a second I honestly considered letting it ring until it stopped, because I didn’t know if I could handle hearing that voice again but then the thought of Alexa came into my head and my finger moved before I could even think about it. I answered even tho i was hesitant, “Hello?” There was silence for a few seconds, then that same distorted voice came through the phone. “You wanted your sister.” I immediately stood u
Liam POV The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I couldn’t move my left arm. I opened my eyes slowly and looked down, only to find Hailey sleeping peacefully with her entire body practically wrapped around me, her head on my chest, one leg thrown over mine and her hand resting against my stomach. My freakishly possessive girlfriend had spent the entire night making sure I wasn’t going anywhere. I stared at her for a few seconds before smiling at her. “Seriously?” She didn’t move so I tried pulling my arm out from underneath her carefully, but the second I moved, she frowned in her sleep and tightened her grip on me. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” She made a small annoyed sound and buried her face against my chest. I laughed quietly, “You’re actually holding me hostage.” “Shut up,” she mumbled. My eyebrows went up in amusement, “You’re awake?” “No.” I laughed again and rubbed her back, “Then how did you just tell me to shut up?” She didn’t answer, so I assumed s







