Aria

My hands shook as I dialed Jace’s number again. The phone rang and rang, but he didn’t pick up. My chest tightened. Why wouldn’t he answer? I needed him to believe me. I needed him to know that the woman in that hospital video wasn’t me.

“Who are you calling, babe?” Kelvin asked from beside me.

I shot him an angry look. This was all his fault. If we hadn’t slept together at the hospital, none of this would have happened. No one would have recorded us, and Celeste’s friend ...