Aria’s POV
Maya cried her eyes out. Like, really, truly cried her eyes out, the kind of crying that came from somewhere deep and wounded. Watching her shoulders shake with sobs, mascara running down her cheeks in dark rivulets, broke something inside me.
I'd be lying if I said part of me wasn't relieved that the visit to Cain's apartment had gone so badly. I didn't want that douchebag anywhere near Maya or baby Lumi. But seeing her like this, so completely devastated, made me realise this wasn't about me or what I wanted. This was about Maya's pain, and that pain was real regardless of whether Cain deserved to be in their lives or not.
"Babe, please." I rubbed her back in slow circles, trying to offer comfort. "I don't want your blood pressure to go high. You know that's not good for
