ARIA POV
"Yes, Aria, I don't want you to marry Roman," Bella spoke, her voice firm and absolutely resolute, as though she had prepared for this moment all her life. The words were a tsunami of surprise and curiosity, and perked up the ears, ready to hear what was going to be said next.
"Why, Mom?" I asked, my voice mingling with confusion and frustration. Didn't she understand that her objections were just after everything we went through?
"Anaya has to marry first before you can get married," she said, with her eyes darting to Anaya standing nearby, who wore a tortured look of guilt and shame. My mind fumed with anger and bitterness against Anaya, who had slept with my ex-boyfriend and had never had the decency to apologize to me.
"Okay, but Anaya had s*x with my ex, and she wasn't s
