Emily's POV

I froze after seeing Dario at the door.

For a second , everything felt unreal. As if I was in a nightmare I couldn't wake up from.

"I said, what the hell is going on here?" Dario barked again.

I flinched.

"Dario...Austin..." the word suddenly hung in my throat.

Austin cleared his throat and straightened up.

I turned to look at him.

He adjusted his collar slowly, then faced Dario with an expression I had never seen on him before.

A wounded expression like he was the ...