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He growled. “That guy is not getting close to her again.”
His eyes kept flickering from brown to black. Nate was fighting for control.
“Control your jealousy,” I said sternly. “We promised we would take her there and we will. We don’t want her to stay there and if she wants to be with them, this could be the only way she agrees to come back. You and Nate need to calm down. She will be by your side. He won’t get a chance to get close to her.”
He clenched his jaw. “Fine. But if he tries something, I will kill him.”
“Who are you going to kill?” Annie’s voice interrupted our conversation.
She was standing in the doorway, her arms crossed over her chest.
I didn’t hear her come in.
“Jacob,” Nick said, turning to her. “When did you come in?”
“Just now,” she said and closed the door. “I knocked, but I guess you were too focused on planning Jacob’s death to hear it.”
She walked over and sat on the other sofa.
“Why are you killing that Jacob guy?” she asked.
“He is not,” I said. “He is planning to try something with Aria.”
“Oh,” she said and smiled. “That makes sense.”
“He won’t need to,” I said, looking at him. “She doesn’t love Jacob anymore.”
“Did you tell her?” Annie asked me, changing the subject before Nick could say anything more.
“Yes,” I nodded. “She is upstairs. She said she needed a little time.”
“Should I go talk to her? Is she okay?” Annie asked, worried.
“No,” Nick said. “Give her some space. She is fine, but she is confused. She will come back downstairs when she is ready.”
Annie nodded and looked back at me.
“Are you okay?” she asked, worried.
“I am fine,” I smiled. “It went better than I thought it would.”
“Okay,” she said and gave me a small smile.
I couldn’t help but notice how her smiles warmed me up inside. I loved to see her smile. I loved it, even more, when her smiles were for me.
I smiled back at her and looked at Nick.
“Let’s talk about the trip,” I said.
Nick and Annie leaned toward me, and we started making a plan.
I hoped Aria came back down soon. I needed to see her. I needed to know that she was okay.
Aria’s POV
I was sitting on my bed, staring at the wall.
I had no idea what I was feeling. I was confused. I was sad. I was in pain.
