( It's done . ] I messaged Leo . [ Something has come up because Aria told me a client stop by unexpectedly . ] [ I sent beta to pick you up . Don't wait for me to get home . ] [ Okay . ] We both knew he wouldn't come to pick me up . Yet , we still went through the motions of this familiar exchange . After all , there really wasn't much left to say . I scrolled through our recent chats , noticing that none of our conversations exceeded ten words . The most common message he sent was : [ Not coming home tonight . ] And then , there was always " Aria " . [ I'm with Aria … ] He was always traveling with Aria , meeting clients with Aria , heading to the airport with Aria . One thing Leo never tried to hide any of this from me . But what he never understood was that it wasn't about him telling me everything or coming to pick me up . What bothered me was that Aria's name came up in nearly every conversation , I had brought it up many times before , but his answers are always the same : " It's just work . " " She's the daughter of the Alpha , of the Ocean Heart pack . We're just talking business . She's very professional. " " You knew then that several deals in the pack would not have been negotiated without her . " " You're overthinking . Don't be so petty . "