Can You Keep A Secret? (Completed)

xlviii - welcome home

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I rarely greet y'all in the beginning but seriously , the song I put for this chapter is in my top 10 songs I love of all time. Have a listen . Oh and I totally got emotional writing the last chapter. This one is no different!! Happy reading ♡.

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●ARIA POV●

I knew that Warren could be romantic. He's surprised me a few times . But today tops all those other times . I thought it was a little suspicious that my boss just let me leave at lunch, and on top of that, my sister came to visit. We went to my favorite burger place, the same one , when she told me that Dylan was going to be the Best Man. That was the last time I actually went here . But today, today was different. I felt happy and free .

The burger itself tasted better , maybe it was because the first time in my life , everything felt like it was all in the right place. That I was in the right place . We finished our meal while we caught up with everything that Delilah was up to . She told me about how their house was almost done and that they were trying for children, which got me excited.

We then took a little drive to the spa we went to during her wedding week. She said that I made her life so much easier that week and she had been wanting to treat me to something like this since the whole Brittany drama . Delilah insisted that this was her treat and I couldn't argue that . We were put in separate rooms and I got an hour long massage . Then I went into their beauty room for the most relaxing facial.

"Should we do it?" Delilah asked as she pointed to the makeup artist chair.

I shrugged, "sure, I mean, we can't let this dewy skin go to waste," I say as we booked a makeover . I wanted to keep mine as natural as possible , so I asked for just a touch up and maybe some lashes.

It didn't take long to get the look I was thinking of , so while we waited for Delilah , I had my hair done in large curls. I know I'm going to see Warren later, so I might as make his jaw drop . We usually stay indoors during the week, but a little surprise midway doesn't hurt.

After Delilah paid up , we took a stroll down the block and ended up in front of this cute little boutique, "should we go in? Henry said I can treat myself to a new dress. What do you say? I'll tell him I got one for you too."

"Okay, I'm in."

After trying on a handful of dresses I ended up with this beautiful but simple red dress, "Aria, you look phenomenal in that.  You should keep it on. We can ask her to snip the tags off," I couldn't argue with her because I had to admit that she was right.

We finally got back to my place where we sat by the kitchen and talked a bit more . She was telling me how Dylan came over the other day and that he seems to be doing a bit better . That he's finally come to terms about losing me . Although I hurt to know he was still feeling pain over our split, I couldn't help but feel at peace . Because if he and I didn't end, I wouldn't have discovered exactly how strong I could be .

And, from that break up , it led me to Warren. I would go through all that heartache if it meant I would be standing where I am now . I told Delilah that I'm glad he had the two of them to help him through and she understood why I wouldn't be able to maintain a friendship with him. Too much had happened and too much damage was done . Besides, I wanted to keep that chapter in my story in the past . It had no place in my present and definitely not in my future.