Chapter Thirty One

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

ARIA

‘Nothing has changed, Aria. Don’t let a few kisses get into your head.’

A bitter scoff escaped my lips as Maximo’s words replayed in my head.

What a douchebag.

If nothing had changed, then why did he keep me in his room? Why did he let me sleep in his bed and take showers in his bathroom? If nothing had changed, why wasn’t I chained to the headboard and locked inside my room? Why did he carry my sleeping body from the library to his room?

A mixture of anger and embarrassment washed over me anytime I remembered the way he’d taken a shower, changed and came back to the bed before drifting right into sleep beside me. I’d remained by his side, pissed, on edge and horny. My brain seemed to malfunction whenever I was close to him. I was furious, and yet I still wanted to feel his hands against my body.

“Foolish girl,” I hissed at my reflection in the mirror before spitting into the sink.

After rinsing my mouth, I ran my toothbrush under the sparkling tap water befo