CHAPTER 209

ARIA’S POV

“Mom! Who told you that I want Aria back?! I don’t want her anymore!”

Stella tells me that she was just hanging around Adam during his argument with his mother. She heard Adam saying that he wouldn’t take me back. Stella delivers this as juicy gossip, her eyes wide with excitement.

“Oh, wow, really?! Who cares about this jerk, any way!”

I brush it off, dismissing the significance of Adam’s words. Who cares about what Adam does or wants? Even if he begged me to come back, I wouldn’t want him at all. Stella and I share a laugh over it, the sound light and freeing, a brief escape from the tension surrounding everything else.

“You’re right!”

As our laughter fades, Stella scrolls through her phone, her brow furrowing as she reads something. She holds it up, showing me the news about Tony’s released statement: “Tony Gets Attacked by a Crazy Fan.”

“He really wanted to put your relationship out there, huh?”

Stella comments, her tone skeptical. I nod, not surprised by Tony’s antics.