Aria sat in the back seat of her car, fingers wrapped around her phone. The screen glowed faintly in the dim light, showing the last message she had sent minutes ago.
Hi baby, I saw your car just passed... was hoping we could hang out later tonight.
Her message had been delivered, but there was no reply. Not even a single tick that showed he was typing. Gabriel had seen it, she was sure he had but he hadn’t replied. That silence bothered her more than she wanted to admit.
She had caught a glimpse of his car earlier, just a few meters from the café. Her eyes had followed it naturally, after all, she could recognize that car anywhere. But what made her heart pause was the figure she saw stepping into it. A woman.
From a distance, the woman’s silhouette seemed familiar. She couldn’t quite
