Chapter 992

The night was dark, and the ocean lay still. Selena glanced at the sleeping Aaron beside her before carefully slipping out of bed and heading to another room.

Her ankle still hurt, and she moved cautiously.

With one wrong step, she put too much pressure on it, causing her to wince in pain.

Once she closed the door behind her, she pulled out her phone and sent a message to Aveline.

"Are you still awake, babe?" she typed.

Aveline quickly replied, "I’m up. Isn’t it the middle of the night over there? Why aren’t you sleeping?"

"I’m exhausted, but I need to tell you something," Selena wrote back.

Aveline immediately called her.

"Hello?" Selena answered quietly, glancing nervously at the door, afraid that Aaron might suddenly appear.

Aveline, picking up on her cautious tone, spoke softly. "What’s going on?"

Selena couldn’t help but laugh. "You don’t need to whisper. I’ve got that covered."

Aveline laughed, too. "Oh, right. So, what happened? Spill it."

Selena took a deep breath. "I told him