Lex's POV
The moment her lips crashed into mine, something inside me snapped awake, like a circuit that had been dead for weeks suddenly flooding with current.
I hadn't expected her.
After dinner I'd come straight here, ordered bottle after bottle, trying to drown the familiar burn of being second-best. The alcohol hadn't made me lightheaded yet, just heavy, numb, angry. I'd been staring into the amber liquid, wondering how much more I'd need before I stopped feeling anything.
And there she was.
Aria.
Standing in the threshold like a ghost I'd conjured, hoodie zipped to her chin, eyes wide with worry she was trying so hard to hide.
No one ever came for me.
But Aria was here.
And when she kissed me, when she chose to cross that line herself, something cracked op
