Aria's POV
The night had grown deep by the time I stepped off the private jet back in the capital.
I couldn't risk Damian leaving the city—enemies still lurking in the shadows.So I'd become something of a commuter, flying back and forth to handle business at V&A Group in person.
I hadn't told him I was coming back tonight. I wanted to surprise him. And maybe, just maybe, check that he'd actually kept his promise to stay home and rest properly.
But the moment I pushed open his room door, I was greeted by silence and darkness.
The entire space was pitch black. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows that ran the length of the living room, the city lights filtered in—a pale, ghostly illumination that did nothing to dispel the emptiness of the room.
It felt like no one was hom
