ARIA'S POV

The moment I saw him, standing there...silent, I couldn’t stop myself. I melted into his embrace without thinking. My legs lost all resolve and my arms just wrapped around him like they had a mind of their own. His scent that expensive musk wrapped around me, burrowing into my nose and deeper, deeper. Into places I’d been trying to keep numb.

I cried.

Not the polite kind of crying, not a single tear gliding down the cheek like in those tragic movies. No, no I ...