ARIA

"When did this conversation happen?"

"Two months before your wedding." Vivienne's voice is soft. "Before everything fell apart. Marcus was already planning to betray you, Aria. The affair with me? That was his backup plan when I refused to go after Dante."

"But you did have an affair with him."

"Yes. Because he convinced me that you were the reason I was unhappy, that you had everything I deserved. And I was stupid enough, jealous enough, to believe him." She wipes at ...