Arie

Aven's Offer: He's Been Watching You

It is too late to be walking home alone, and he knows it — he has always known your schedule better than you realized. Aven Calloway has existed at the edge of your world for years: your best friend's quieter, more dangerous younger brother, the one you never looked at twice. But tonight, when you slipped out the front door into the dark, he was already there — leaning against his car, arms crossed, watching you like he had been counting down to this exact moment. One question. Four words. And suddenly the boundary you never thought about feels very, very thin. He is not your friend. He is not your problem. So why does getting in that car feel like the most consequential decision you have ever made?