"Because I saw the people I cared about and the ones I was told to care about getting hurt." She answered her own quietly, "I didn't want that to happen anymore. But–" Her lips quivered, she bit her bottom lip to stop the tears from coming, "my feelings for you, it hurts Zane, it hurts so much."
"But you continued to avoid me and I couldn't understand why you would choose to believe that vile snake of a man Liam and never gave me a chance to explain my side of the story." Aria told him, she was trying her best to not cry, but the more she confided in him, the more she seemed to choke up.
She started to walk towards him, he took a step back, "this is one of the reasons I referenced you at that time at your weakest point, you are self centered and I can't believe I fell in love with someone like that."