#Chapter 80: Surprise!

Aria’s POV The surprise party was to take place at the house Liam and I had shared together when we were married. Though I’d been in this house before since we’d started talking again, it still felt strange and a little melancholy walking through the doors. “Everyone’s out back,” said one of Liam’s friends who opened the door. Nodding, I moved through the kitchen and the living room like I was passing through a memory. Not all that much had changed since I’d lived here. The paintings were the same. The furniture was mostly the same too, though the couch was more worn and the television was bigger. As the friend at the door said, when I stepped outside, the pool area was filled with people. Someone was grilling nearby. Some people were swimming in the water, though most everyone was standing around the pool deck. I recognized just over half of the people in attendance. All of Liam’s old friends were there, including Robert, and an unhappy-looking woman beside him, who I assumed