"Anyway, why are you calling me in the middle of the night?”

Ariana didn't dare let her tongue get the better of her, knowing that Sonia liked to gossip. She bit her tongue for fear of accidentally revealing something that would make Sonia suspicious and lead her to find out that Theodore was responsible for the report.

The most ridiculous part of all of this was that Theodore reported the novel because of words that had unintentionally slipped from her mouth. She did not need her mouth to get her in trouble again.

"Nothing," Ariana put on her most casual voice at the risk of sounding fake, "I just want to know if you were asleep. Since you're not, I'll leave you to it." After that, she hung up, effectively ending the conversation before Sonia could find out more.

Sonia stared blankly at her phone and scratched her head. What was wrong with Ariana? Did she really call her just to ask if she had gone to sleep?