ARIA’s POV
I hated every second of the ride home. Jasper and Reed had basically hauled me into the car like I was some runaway kid, and no matter how much I glared or cursed at them, they wouldn’t let me stay even five more minutes with Zane. I wanted to talk to him, to finally confess what I really wanted, to feel that almost-kiss turn into something real. But these two idiots ruined it all over again. My chest felt tight with frustration and that stupid, needy ache I couldn’t shake whenever they were close. I almost kept arguing in the car, but I bit my tongue. What was the point? They’d just drag me back harder.
When we got home I thought they’d shove me into my room and leave me alone. Wrong. They marched me straight to that same little private house on the estate Cole had taken me t
