All Chapters of Brewed For You : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The week went by so fast, that Aria couldn't believe it was already Thursday. Although Damian has not been able to drop by since Monday, he made sure to text and call her everyday. He had a lot of things to take care of at work.The scent of roasted beans wafted through the café, comforting her. The morning sun illuminated the room in a soft golden glow, making Aria say a silent prayer that her day goes as warm and calm as the morning.It didn't take Mila long to fully embody her new role in Sweet Haven. At first Aria thought it would end up being a one day thing, like she did for every job she found as a 'new hobby'. But Mila really took this serious.Aria couldn't help but wonder if this was all somehow related to that night she came to her room in a sober mood. She hasn't quite been the same since that day. It was true that they had both gotten closer but Aria wasn't the type to pry.So she let it be. On her second day, Aria had drafted her employment letter and it was a big moment

The drive to Mr Richard's office was silent.Not their usual comfortable silence...no, far from it. This one felt thick, packed with tension, like a rubber band pulled so tight that it might snap any second. The city moved outside the tinted windows in blurred colors, people, cars and buildings all meshing into one outside Damian’s car, none of it seemed to make sense to Aria. More like her mind was in too much of a mess for her to make sense of anything.Aria turned her eyes to look at her hands, loosely folded over her thighs, her fingers still trembling faintly from everything that happened earlier. The panic attack had left her drained but strangely sharpened. Like her body was exhausted but her mind was wide awake and restless, unwilling to sit still.Damian hadn’t spoken since agreeing to go with her.He hadn’t even glanced at her.His jaw was set in a dangerously locked position, she could visibly see he was clenching them so hard, like he was trying to hold back his words behi

The entire act of leaving the building was completed, thanks to Damian. Because Aria had almost completely shut down, her body just moving on instinct, as her steps were only steady because Damian was guiding her with a firm hand at the small of her back. Even till they moved past the glass doors and into the street outside.The city was alive around them... luxury cars honking as they drove passed, the soft hum of traffic, the clicking of high heels on the sidewalk, the soft chatter of some pedestrians walking by...but none of that mattered to Aria as they sounded so distant.Family.That was the only thing that was on repeat in her head.She kept hearing the word. Feeling it. It was suffocating.A family she didn’t know she had. A family her mother never told her about. A family that might have searched for her. A family that… wanted her?She had survived all this time without one. She was questioning herself if she really needed one.Her throat tightened.“You okay?” Damian murmure

Aria stood in the bathroom, hands braced on the sink, watching her reflection in the mirror. She had ordered a ride back because she couldn't trust herself to walk all the way back. She was using all her strength to make sure she didn't break down right there. She refused to cry over this. Emily’s voice kept echoing in her mind. The softness in her tone made it even more infuriating. And the fact that Damian spoke so....casually, like they were more than just acquaintances, made her blood boil.She was probably his real girlfriend, she thought.Oh my, was I the side piece?Was he toying with my feelings?Come to think of it, he had never actually asked me to be his girlfriend.Wow.With all these thoughts swirling in her mind, she was beginning to have a headache.She splashed cold water on her face, took a couple deep breaths, and straightened.She could pretend this all didn't happen. That everything was fine. She’d been doing it her whole life.So she pulled herself together, chan

"I need to explain"The desperation oozed from Damian's words.Aria just...stared at him. At first she was in shock that he was waiting for her at her doorstep.How long was he waiting here?Did he leave Emily immediately she left and came here? Or did he stay with her a while before coming here?Why was she even thinking about all that?The last question snapping her back to reality. She tore her gaze from him and tried sidestepping him to get into her house. From where she stood, she could see that no light were on in the house.So that meant either Mila wasn't home or she had already gone to bed. The former seeming more likely since Damian was stuck outside. The last time he came over in a frenzy like this, Mila had let him in.Aria opened her bag searching for her house keys as she walked up the stairs to her door, completely ignoring a frantic Damian."Aria, are you listening to me? Just hear me out."Aria found her keys just then. Now she was at the door with her back turned to