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?"

but laugh. "You don't need to whisper. I've got

"Oh, right. So, what happened?

mad, stormed out, and didn't talk to me. For a minute, I thought we'd end up divorced right after getting

before Aveline spoke

couldn't keep hiding it. If

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 I was pretending to be Snow, I can

laughed again.

wanted to call you earlier today, but I didn't want to wake you. Now that I've told you, it feels like a weight's been lifted

warmly. "Now that it's behind you, there's nothing left to worry about. Go enjoy

Selena

yawned after saying, "I'm heading to bed.

good night," Aveline

hanging up the phone, Selena let out a

her

position. Despite his usual relaxed demeanor, he

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