ACE ARGENT
I could not believe it. The moment was so perfect. Just like we had planned. Delilah switched off the lights perfectly on time, and Ava gave the exact reaction I had hoped she would. I felt slightly guilty for scaring her and using her fear like that, but as people said, everything is fair in love and war. This was both.
The way she held onto me spoke volumes of how she felt. And the way she calmed down, that told me everything I needed to know. Tears formed in my eyes at the realization. I had spent--no wasted, so much time trying to hate her, thinking that she didn't trust me, and it turned out to be completely wrong. The way she leaned into me, the way she melted in my arms, it was proof of just how much she still trusted me, how safe she still felt around me. Even after I
