Chapter forty nine : venomous tactics

Aria’s pov

Today is one of the best days of my life . Whoever said ‘spending money you didn’t work for is bad’ need a reality check.

At first, I did feel guilty, but Xander deserves it. He didn’t think twice when he was doing things I didn’t like, so he’s paying with his money.

I love the way the shopping bags look, and the sound of the machine when the card gets approved, and the fake smiles from the workers when they hand me the card back.

I walked out of the fourth store today. At this point, I don’t know what I want. I’m just buying things out of spite for Xander.

I can’t imagine what his face looks like when he sees all those debits.

I flinch as some of my bags fall to the ground when I feel a hand snake around my waist. But the smell of cedar wood calms me. I turn to see Xander.

But not the way I expected him. I thought he would be fuming with smoke coming out of his ears, but no, something that resembles worry spreads across his face.

“What the heck, you scared me.” I place