Aria
I nearly choked on my drink as I looked up to see those brown and blue eyes staring down at me. Darren was still in his work clothes, clearly having had the same idea I’d had in coming here.
“D-Darren!” I exclaimed. “I—”
Before I could finish, Bella set down her drink and smiled, waving her hand in my general direction. “Oh, we weren’t talking about you,” she said. “We were talking about… another man in Aria’s life.”
Oh, no. I felt like I might pass out even though I hadn’t even finished my drink.
Darren raised a dark eyebrow and glanced at me. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that I saw the tiniest hint of disappointment in his eyes.
“I see,” he said. “Well, I apologize for interrupting. Have a nice night, you two.”
And just like that, he wa
