Damian's POV
The morning after Aria went back to V&A Group, a message from an unknown number landed on my phone.
I didn't see it until hours later, buried under a stack of pack reports. When I finally opened it, my chest went tight.
Vanessa.
[Are you feeling better? I'm leaving the country tomorrow. Can we meet tonight—just once? —Vanessa]
I didn't reply. I didn't know how to.
A while later, a second message came through.
[You said you'd never forget what my family did for you. Is leaving me to hurt like this how you repay the Cranes? I just want to say a proper goodbye. Otherwise... I could always tell Aria everything about you. But Damian, I don't want to do that.]
*Everything about you.*
Something in me dimmed as I read those last lines.
Because when Aria
