PART 2 – CHAPTER 120
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I walked into my room, slammed the door shut, and face- planted right onto my bed. This was the worst idea ever. I left Sophie at the party, but she promised me she was fine and would be back soon.
I sighed, screaming into my pillow before flipping over. This whole costume was a joke.
I was a joke.
What was I thinking? Luke was… Luke was so far out of my league.
It was laughable. Of course, someone else would be way too eager, way too willing to snatch him up. Apparently, that someone is called Jocelyn.
What was I thinking?
But then again, he told me he loves me – he drove all the way over for me, with all my panic attacks. It didn’t even make sense, did it? I’d seen him, and I was a mess–an epic disaster- while he was calm, controlled.
I was in the middle of my own thoughts, losing track, groaning as my body reminded me of the alcohol. “Never putting alcohol. in my body again.”
Every time I close my eyes, my lousy judgment comes rushing
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back, and that includes Aiden…
Aiden, with his messy hair and dimples…
How did my life go from having nobody but my two best friends to having to deal with real–life romance drama? Ridiculous.
Someone knocked on my door. It had me sitting up straight, but the corset of this witch outfit made it hard to do it. “Ugh, I need to get out of this dress. Give me a second!” I yelled at Sophie, who had probably forgotten her keys at the party.
At least she got back safely.
The thing was making it hard to breathe with the corset. Finally getting out of the suit, I took a deep breath, able to expand for the first time. I slumped over to the door, opened it, and just stood there, staring at Aiden–but he wasn’t looking at my face.
He was looking at my body.
“Uh… forgot your phone,” Aiden mumbled, looking a bit flustered.
For a second, I was confused as to why, then I realized-I had just taken off my costume, and I was standing in front of him in a sheer slip dress, no underwear. I pulled at the door, unsure of what to do. Then I saw the phone. My phone.
I locked up at him, snatched it from his hand, and muttered, “Thanks. Forgot it because of you anyway.”
I stepped back, ready to slam the door in his face, but his hand stopped me. His massive hand. He stepped into the doorway, his voice dropping lower.
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“I wanted to apologize for tonight… but I need you,” he said, his voice husky. He paused, his eyes flickering over me. “I need you to put something on. Because if I walk into this room, and you’re still standing there like that, I’m going to close this door, and I’m going to take that slip off your body with my teeth.” Aiden warned me.
My heart raced. I spun around, quickly grabbing a robe. “I thought you were Sophie.”
Aiden sighed, leaning against the doorframe. “Better. I can think now. I just wanted to apologize. I get it–you’re with Luke. All I’m saying is that your boyfriend is playing for the NFL now. There are a lot of things that happen when you reach that level. I know, I’ve been there. Olympic sprinter, remember.”
I kept quiet, not sure where this was going.
“If anything happens, and you want to talk about it, I’ll listen before you have another episode, okay? That’s all I’m asking. And I promise, I’ll keep my hands to myself. I won’t touch you or try to kiss you unless you ask me to.”
I snorted, crossing my arms. “That’s never going to happen.”
Aiden crossed his own arms, his muscles flexing. “But we can be friends. Like I said, I promise not to touch you.”
He stuck his hand out. Reluctantly, I took it. His hand was warm, and it felt like a bad idea, but considering we were going to be training together, it made sense not to be enemies.
“Fine. Deal,” I muttered.
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me closer to him, “the deal we just made doesn’t mean I won’t tell you what I’m thinking.”
I blinked up at him. “I… Uh…”
“I’m thinking I want to strip that excuse of a robe right off your smooth skin and replace every inch it touched with my lips. I want to taste you, feel you squirming under my hands, screaming my name while you drip on my tongue.”
I swallowed hard, heat flushing through me.
Then Aiden stepped back with a satisfying smirk on his face, and before I could say anything, he opened the door.
Aiden turned around and walked away. As he left, he added over his shoulder, “Oh, by the way, someone called you. Might’ve been Luke.”
