“Hey, I saw this amazing necklace at the boutique downtown,” I said, leaning in closer. “I bet it would look perfect on me, don’t you think?”He looked me up and down, his expression turning from mild interest to outright disgust. “You think I’m gonna waste my money on you? Get real, Ava. You’re a n
I stepped out of my last class, feeling the weight of the day pressing down on me. Finals were coming up, and I still hadn’t fully recovered from the brawl with Ava and her minions. My body ached, but I tried to focus on the walk back to my dorm.Liam had nursed me back to health, never leaving my s
Liam and I hardly said anything on our drive towards the Winslow house. I knew that we were both stuck in our heads, hardly sure of what we were going to meet when we finally got there. But what I knew for sure, was that I was glad that Liam was here with me.He held my hand in the car the entire ti
When the doors swung open, it was like stepping into another world. My eyes couldn’t believe what they were taking in. The banquet hall was even more extravagant than the rest of the mansion. More extravagant than what my imagination could have ever come up with.My breath caught in my throat.Cryst
The massive doors to the entrance of the banquet hall slammed shut after Liam left. I got up from the table then and Aaron reached over it, grabbing my hand, “Ella, please wait, I have to talk to you about something.”But I pulled my hand out of Aaron’s grasp. There was nothing more for us to talk a
In the days that followed my meeting with Aaron, I was feeling so all over the place. How could Aaron make that ask of me. He wanted me to keep this secret relationship that Aaron and could enter into. He wanted to me to try to convince Liam to join the family.It all felt like such a betrayal becau
That fucking bastard. I couldn’t believe what Ella had told me. Aaron was trying to use her as a pawn to get to me. I was furious that Ella had even considered joining him. Of course I was. Ella and I were a team and here she was trying to break us apart.How could she not know that even entertainin
I stormed out of the Winslow mansion, my mind a chaotic mess of anger and frustration. Every word Aaron had said echoed in my ears, fueling the rage that burned inside me. Who the fuck did he think he was, really?I had come there to tell him to stay the hell out of my life. I’d come there to tell h