#Chapter 96: Making It Official

Aria’s POV When I arrived home that night, I was absolutely exhausted, both physically and mentally. The entire carried home, I’d planned for this moment when I could finally remove my Dr. A costume, dress down in my pajamas, and then bury my sorrows in a pint of ice cream. Yet I only managed two-thirds of those things when the phone rang. Cathy should have been home soon, but at that moment, I was still the only one in the house. Because of this, I walked to the phone and picked it up from the cradle. “Hello?” I said into the receiver. “Aria, is that you?” I recognized that voice as my lawyer. I hadn’t heard from him in some time, though I knew he was still working diligently to help me behind the scenes. The weekly invoices told me so. Now, it seemed, that he might finally have some news for me. “Yes. What is it? What’s going on?” “I have some good news for you. Something you’ve been waiting for, for some time now.” “Yes?” “Alpha King Lucian has finally agreed to