Chapter 242 Doesn't Like It

• Ariana's POV:
• He was a stranger to me now, someone entirely different from the person I had once known. His eyes no longer held the softness I had grown familiar with. It was like staring at a mask. I had to admit, I'd probably been the one to push him this far. I had been the one who'd stirred up this storm, making him speak more than he ever used to. But now, I couldn't handle it. I had already given in, but the thought of him with someone else kept me rooted in defiance.
• When he saw that I wasn't going to bend, Stefan's restraint snapped. It was like something inside him broke, and the careful control he'd been holding onto dissolved in an instant. He no longer cared about how I felt. He acted purely on instinct, as though he was driven by something primal.