Chapter 4

I couldn't help but check that account every day, just to see what they'd updated next.

Finally, a new video came out. In it, a girl in a floral dress stood all alone in the freezing wind, staring longingly as a couple climbed into their car up ahead, like she was hoping against hope they'd turn back.

The girl was Aria. I recognized that scene instantly, but the way it was shot made her look so heartbreakingly lost and helpless.

No question about it. This was all set up from the very beginning.

[Damn, goddess! Give me three minutes. I…