Chapter 23"You're back." He swallowed the lump in his throat. "You didn't seem too happy to have me back." She closed the door gently and leaned against it. She didn't know why she thought this would be easy. She wanted to jump on him. How many nights had she dreamed about him touching her, clawing at her skin. She shook those thoughts away, she wasn't her for that. "I needed to think. You… We know what's happened." Arya stared at the ground. "I do." "I was thinking—" "We have to end it. Again." She stared at the window. "What?" Ace stepped out from behind his desk. "We've done it before Ace. We can do it again. We should do it again." She folded her arms. "What if I don't want to?" He was standing in front of her. Arya's eyes went wide. "What are you talking about? Why wouldn't

