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Aria’s POV:I nudged at Mother, who shook her head and signaled I eat quietly. “Just come in and eat already,” I said with a loud tone, and Caleb nodded.He walked in and bowed slightly. “Good day, Father, Mother…Gigi,” he greeted, but Gigi scoffed loudly.Caleb pulled the chair next to me, and Mother pushed a plate towards him; she didn’t want to talk to him, but after all, she was a mother.We ate silently till we were done. I helped Mother clean the table, and now we were in the kitchen with Gigi, and I was drying the dishes.“I don’t understand why your father invited him over,” Mother said with an irritated tone as she passed the plate for me to dry.“This time around he really crossed a line.” She smacked her lips, and Gigi sighed.“Divorce isn’t a joke; the kids had gone too far,” Gigi muttered while staring at me, and I pouted. I didn’t go far. That was the best solution to this relationship.“Aria,” Father called, and I almost dropped what I was holding.I turned to Mother, w

Aria’s POV:I leaned closer to Sam and watched the video she was watching; it was just one of Liam walking out of court… He didn’t even say anything to the press.“Liar,” I scoffed. For a moment I thought he was really coming back to America.“I am not, okay? He didn’t say it directly to the press, but he posted it.”I rolled my eyes. “He doesn’t have an account.”I had searched everywhere but couldn’t find his account, so I figured he must not be a fan of the internet.“He has.” Sam scrolled on her phone before shoving it in my face.It was a Twitter account; the profile photo was Liam’s, but the name was not anything related to Liam Styles.It was Mr. Consegnare.In his latest post, he tweeted, “Going home for a break, no more cases.”He was coming back.Our path could cross again.Wait.“Umm…What if he meant home as in his home in Italy?” I questioned, and Sam laughed.“Why are you so interested in this man?” Ava asked in disbelief, and I pouted. Was it wrong to ask a question?“Do

Aria’s POV:It was extremely hard trying to lie to yourself, but it was even harder to make a stranger feel you can’t do without him.Right now, Liam was just another stranger in my life… someone I meet during one of my tough times, and we don’t bond, we don’t argue… We just go our separate ways.“I have no idea what you are talking about.” I cleared my throat and tried to switch the topic. “You said I was fake, so why read my book?”Liam picked up the book. “This is the only one I find interesting,” he stated, and it made no sense; I wrote that book years ago when I thought it was fun.I had no plans of publishing; all I wanted was to write a story and to appreciate the hero who showed up in my life during my darkest moments.It didn’t make much sense. “Okay. It seems you have no interest in paying up, so I will leave.”He nodded, his gaze on the book. He was back to his reading while I was still present; this was my cue to leave.I stood up and spotted his box of unpacked stuff. “Do

Aria’s POV:When I got home, I found Father having a chat with Mr. Martins. They were talking about their normal country affairs, which I always found boring.One of the reasons Ava and I bonded so much was because we had parents who worked for the army; we knew how it felt to grow up with them.Mother asked that I serve them coffee, so I walked towards them with two cups of coffee. “Hello, Uncle,” I smiled at Mr. Martins, who nodded.“How are you doing, Aria?”“Fine, sir.”I turned to leave when Father called, “Join us,” he said, and my brows furrowed. He never invited me to sit and join them during their little chats because it was definitely weird.It’s not like I was dying to listen to their random chats, but still, I couldn’t disrespect Father. I nodded and sat next to him.“We were talking about Liam Styles,” Father explained, and I now understood what was going on; this was all because of Caleb. He made Father believe I was in contact with Liam, so he has been trying his best t

Aria’s POV:We kept drinking and chatting, no birthday cake and no birthday song but they all knew they were here for Julian's birthday, no formalities.“When is your birthday?” I asked Liam who shrugged his shoulder, stood up and walked to the music equipment, turned it on.“Don’t do that, we don’t want the cops here” Julian warned but Liam scoffed.“I will get every one of you out of jail,” he joked before increasing the volume, they all jumped in excitement and started dancing before Liam walked forward and extended a hand to me.I took his hand before he pulled me closer, we were so close thatIi could feel his breath fan my face “You dance so well,” he said with his gaze sweeping over me “And you look good on Burgundy,”Guess it worked, he loved my Burgundy dress, then his hand wrapped around my waist…we moved slowly to the music and I wondered what made him believe I was comfortable with him holding me this way because I was more than comfortable.I leaned my head on his chest an