Gabriel’s POV

“Will you stop pacing around?” Annie sighed. “You are driving me crazy.”

I just couldn’t calm down. I wanted to talk to Aria. Apologize and explain. But I could feel Nate was on edge and nothing good would come of my insisting on staying in the room with them.

So, I went downstairs into the kitchen with the intention of helping Annie with dinner. But I couldn’t focus and ended up almost burning the sauce she was making. She almost threw me out of the kitchen.

“I am just nervous,” I mumbled.

“She is fine,” Annie said. “I am surprised she lasted this long.”

“What do you mean?”...