The night was dark, and the ocean lay still. Selena glanced at the sleeping Aaron beside her before carefully slipping out of bed and heading to another room. Her ankle still hurt, and she moved cautiously.

With one wrong step, she put too much pressure on it, causing her to wince in pain.

Once she closed the door behind her, she pulled out her phone and sent a message to Aveline.

"Are you still awake, babe?" she typed.

Aveline quickly replied, "I'm up. Isn't it the middle of the night over there? Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I'm exhausted, but I need to tell you something," Selena wrote back.

Aveline immediately called her.

"Hello?" Selena answered quietly, glancing nervously at the door, afraid that Aaron might suddenly appear.

Aveline, picking up on her cautious tone, spoke softly. "What's going on?"

couldn't help but laugh. "You don't need to

right. So, what happened?

deep breath. "I told him everything. He got really mad, stormed out, and didn't talk to me.

was a pause before Aveline spoke again.

how she had talked things over with Maria. "I figured Maria was right. This was something that needed to be dealt with, and I couldn't keep hiding it. If he found out on his own, it could have been way worse." "That makes sense. At least

clamping a hand over her mouth as she glanced toward the door again. Feeling safe, she whispered, "I've got everything under control. If I could handle him back when

laughed again. "You little

but I didn't want to wake you. Now that I've told you, it feels

there's nothing left to worry about. Go enjoy

Selena

after saying, "I'm heading to

night," Aveline

hanging up the phone, Selena let out a

with Aveline had given her a sense of

the same position. Despite his usual relaxed demeanor, he slept

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