Aria’s POV
I knew I'd messed up. Royally, catastrophically messed up. And the worst part was, this wasn't even the first time. All the fights Julian and I had been having lately, I was always the one at fault. Always the one hiding things, keeping secrets, making choices that pushed him further away.
I couldn't let him walk away. Not like this. Not when I could still fix it.
I followed him as he entered the guest room, reaching out to grab his arm before he could close the door. "Can you at least relax for a second?"
He stopped, turning to face me, and the laugh that came out of him was cold and humourless. "Relax?" He scoffed in that way that told me I was in serious trouble. "So tell me, Aria, when have you not lied to me? I mean, genuinely, I cannot remember the last time you were c
